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Sounds like a reasonable guess, but strikes me as the lazy way out... other sites (Amazon comes to mind) manage to find ways around similar issues with an "I am
by mikro2nd 11y ago
Sounds like a reasonable guess, but strikes me as the lazy way out... other sites (Amazon comes to mind) manage to find ways around similar issues with an "I am not a US citizen/resident" option (which may or may not require additional documentation for verification.)
They're certainly entitled to do whatever they want, but it looks to me like opening up a significant opportunity for someone to clone their business model in the rest of the world and beat them at their own game.
edit: spelign
- rossdavidh 11y agoIt could also be simply that this means they only have to (try to) keep up with the law in one country, vs. many if they try to allow non-U.S. citizens. If it's a one-person (or at least not-many-people) show then keeping up with legal requirements/liabilities in one country is already a big deal.