[andrepd]

> Large California-based companies produce monolithic apps and interfaces for a global audience. They're designing for the broadest, generic use cases to make things work for the greatest number of people.

Hah! If only! Actually they often (but not always) seem to design it for an SV audience with the latest-gen phone/computer, fast uninterrupted internet, familiarity with the latest "UX" fads, perfect eyesight, etc. Anybody that falls outside that narrow group can get shafted.