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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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