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		sgt on Oct 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Modi government to set up app store alternative to... As someone in Kenya pointed out to me once, I asked someone (at Safaricom, their biggest tech company) why Kenyans seemed to prefer Android. He laughed and said: We don't prefer Android, it's what we can afford. I suppose coming from my first world bubble of friends of family it's reality check.

smabie on Oct 4, 2020 [–]

I've spent a lot of time in Tanzania and Kenya and when someone makes some money, the first thing they buy is an iPhone.

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