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by dewey 2394 days ago
It’s pretty normal to test features in one market and then roll it out and solve scaling issues or bugs that crop up. If you have a flawless strategy to scale and roll out a big bug free release across the globe I’m sure a lot of people would be interested in that.

Just like Disney+ that started in the Netherlands months before starting in the US.
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jonplackett 2394 days ago
My guess is everyone on here defending US only... is in the US.

Could be wrong.

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hombre_fatal 2394 days ago
I'm not in the US but "It’s pretty normal to test features in one market and then roll it out" and "Just like Disney+ that started in the Netherlands months before starting in the US" make perfect sense to me.

I get that everyone wants everything right now, but if you're not in the US, surely you still understand domestic-market roll out? Doesn't seem like it's worthy of anything more than a passing "damn, too bad."

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ksec 2394 days ago
Nope. Rolling out features in your home country is pretty normal. Apple does it all the time.

What I have problem is slow roll out features across the globe, when you cant see or understand the reason behind it.

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y4mi 2394 days ago
Bad example, Apple's market share is tiny anywhere besides the US.

And this isn't a new thing. They partnered with an established vpn provider. Horizontal scaling won't be an issue there.

There is really no reason, but I don't really care either

And there is really no reason to not go to the actual provider. Same price and you can use it on all platforms. They even provider a wireguard backend.

https://mullvad.net/en/help/pricing-discounts/

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ksec 2394 days ago
>Apple's market share is tiny anywhere besides the US

What?

So is iPhone Upgrade Programme, or Apple Pay where NFC were well established. There are always things to iron out before taking it further.

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thiefmeister 2394 days ago
Apple's market share in Japan is big.

Not sure about other places yet.

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lmorchard 2394 days ago
I mean, also computers are hard and this is a thing that's worth getting right by reducing variables and taking it small steps at a time?
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jonplackett 2394 days ago
So why not start with a nice small country?
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