[...], but it seems developers don't care about reaching all their potential users. I'm not the first person to make this point, but it seems like the message isn't getting through. Do you think some users are more important than others? Do you care about reaching all users or only the wealthy ones?
If you follow through this thought, then how many people do you lose by not translating it? By not translating into Mandarin and Hindi, you just lose around 20-30% of the world population.
I think most developers work for companies. Companies (primarily) care about making money. So caring about non-paying users (who are in my experience the most troublesome ones) is probably not your most important task.
I think your thoughts are very noble. I think the implementation is chaotic and non-deterministic. Having real companies that maintain a framework is not just disadvantages.
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If you follow through this thought, then how many people do you lose by not translating it? By not translating into Mandarin and Hindi, you just lose around 20-30% of the world population.
I think most developers work for companies. Companies (primarily) care about making money. So caring about non-paying users (who are in my experience the most troublesome ones) is probably not your most important task.
I think your thoughts are very noble. I think the implementation is chaotic and non-deterministic. Having real companies that maintain a framework is not just disadvantages.