When Yahya Bouhlel was ten years old, he would spend his free time sneaking into his father’s office to play on the computer. The games were pre-installed with a time limit, meaning Yahya could only play for 20 minutes before being asked to pay to continue.
Aware that his father did not have a credit card — and if he did, he would likely not be allowed to use it — the young gamer accepted his fate. For months on end, Yahya would play the same five games for fixed 20-minute time slots.
By the time of the Tunisian Revolution in late…