• Quicky@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    3 days ago

    Speculatively, but it would assume prior research, which many people simply won’t do. If a de-facto app (say Voyager on iOS) offers a default option that’s unavailable for a selection of its potential users, it’s another hurdle within onboarding that is already the biggest barrier to entry. If we want to grow as a platform (more users equals more content), putting up a default wall saying “your kind aren’t welcome” to entire countries seems obtuse.

    Yes, those potential new UK users can get around it by picking another instance, but the question is how many will give up if they can’t get over the first hurdle.

    The suggestion of changing the default instance by region, where those instances prohibit specific regions seems logical enough to me.