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Re:Mozilla to open first-world front in Firefox OS war by smcl on Monday March 02, 2015 @05:45AM (#9131245)
That Microsoft were paying anybody cash to stuff their app store was sufficient to make your point. There's no need to bring prejudices against "3rd world countries" into this.
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Re:Mozilla to open first-world front in Firefox OS war by blueskin_ on Monday March 02, 2015 @06:07AM (#9131300)
Nice scare quotes. Sorry to break it to you, but it's a well known and accepted term which does not invalidate an argument by its use.
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Re:Mozilla to open first-world front in Firefox OS war by smcl on Monday March 02, 2015 @07:14AM (#9131481)
What does "Nice scare quotes" mean?

Just realised you think I'm objecting to the term "3rd world countries". The term is outdated and no longer relevant today, but is not the issue. Re-read my comment - I agreed with the point but didn't like the finger pointing at devs in poorer countries. I'm not sure why that seems to have provoked a bunch of downvotes.

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