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by TheAdamAndChe 3119 days ago
> Presumably, specifying "India-first" is intended to convey that these apps are developed specifically for Indian users and their needs.

Oh, I understand this completely. It makes perfect sense for Google to focus on an emerging market to become a monopoly there, and I feel it's a fantastic strategy.

What I'm more curious about is why an Indian-first focus is met with fanfare and acceptance, while an American-first focus is met with derision and contempt against something anti-globalist, and that these two opinions often come from the same group of people. I just find it an interesting dichotomy.

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Presumably the same way saying you're a "women's rights activist" makes you fighting for a good cause and saying you're a "men's rights activist" makes you a sexist, and saying "black lives matter" is fighting for a good cause, but saying "white lives matter" makes you a Nazi.

The language is preloaded with a lot of existing conceptions about the state of the world currently, and the sort of people who use each set of terms.