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Nokia Abruptly Closes Application Store In China For N9
jppiiroinen writes "It seems that Nokia is slowly killing existing applications for their Linux based N9 mobile phone which are available through their store. As a developer who has published paid (and free) apps, it appears after their final blow of killing the support for paid applications in China, where the main revenue came from, there is not any means to make money, and no reason to maintain apps anymore. What this means also for the end-users: no premium apps, like Angry Birds. There was no heads-up or anything, just a single email without any means to make a complaint. Nokia, So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish." Also being discussed at Maemo.org.
You mean, all posts from random developers from China are reviewed by someone with a stellar knowledge of English before going live?
No, I don't think that's what he meant at all. Why so quick to jump to the conclusion of racism?
It's pretty clear that he's suggesting that there is something lost in the translation because the source is not a native English speaker.
More and more people today are so willing to just jump right on the "offended:" train, and spout indignation. This is the same sort of nonsense that has led to the world being a general Nanny State, after all God forbid (can I say "God"?) that someone might get their feelings hurt. Sad times when the average thickness of people's skin is at an all-time low.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.