Nobody is going to buy their Clearview or Palantir grade military/police tech from a third-world farmer, either.

> a third-world farmer

I think this is a fairly uncharitable view of software engineering in these countries. Many countries by surveillance technology from others.

The grand-parent post specifically mentioned a "guatemalan farmer", so my point was that people typically buy surveillance technology from bigger players instead of from small-time hobbyists and sole proprietors. There's nothing wrong with the software engineering in other countries.