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Re:The Windows ecosystem reboot is bad news if you plan to m... by josephlord on Thursday October 04, 2012 @04:19AM (#4611396)
Developers can select the country app stores their apps are available in. It wasn't relevant for my app but if an app can't really be used in the other country why risk support requests and bad reviews when you might actually want to launch a functional version there one day.
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Re:The Windows ecosystem reboot is bad news if you plan to m... by fakeer on Thursday October 04, 2012 @04:30AM (#4611430)
Yes, that's right. It's pointless to release an app in some country where it won't work or won't have much value.
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Re:The Windows ecosystem reboot is bad news if you plan to m... by veidr on Thursday October 04, 2012 @08:17AM (#4611922)
I guess that's the thinking, but there are sizable expat populations in a lot of countries.

For example there are 3 million foreign residents here in Japan, and fully 165% of them have iPhones and 195% of those want train routing apps.*

(*: all figures based on anecdotes and extrapolation)

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Re:The Windows ecosystem reboot is bad news if you plan to m... by gurkendoktor on Thursday October 04, 2012 @06:58AM (#4611720)
Why? To use the examples of the grandparent comment: there are always overseas Japanese who want to cook, or tourists who want to use a local navigation app. I can only come up with legal reasons, or bandwidth preservation maybe.
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