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34568  ·  3241 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Inside an African MP3 market

I wish there were more large scale decentralized community sharing systems like this. You kind of see this with those little community libraries that are getting popular. Imagine if things like book, tool, or even seed sharing programs were more popular. I've read a bit about projects that have tried, but they all seem to run into obstacles, the biggest of which is the physicality of the items. It seems the success of these in Africa are due to two factors that seem almost contradictory, in a way. The lack of internet and yet the purely virtual medium of the goods being shared. Very cool solution to an interesting environment.