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If you're also in Australia, popsci.com has some idiotic redirects to popsci.com.au that throw errors when they can't find a localised version of the article yo
by prawn 11y ago
If you're also in Australia, popsci.com has some idiotic redirects to popsci.com.au that throw errors when they can't find a localised version of the article you're trying to reach.
I don't think I've ever had one actually work.
- chris_wot 11y agoSeriously, this deserves an automatic penalty until they fix their issues. Business Insider do the same thing. What's to localise though? We speak English! dang... if you're reading this, anything you can do? Very frustrating for the many Australians who read articles on HN. (a side note: when are U.S. sites going to stop treating Australians as second class citizens? We are a pretty wealthy nation filled with people willing to participate in the online world in a meaningful way, and yet we are constantly screwed over either in terms of pricing or just plain being blocked from stuff we are willing to actually pay good money for).
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- strictnein 11y ago> a side note: when are U.S. sites going to stop treating Australians as second class citizens? Once we figure out how to digitally accept kangaroo pelts as payment.
- chris_wot 11y agoCool, so we'll just continue pirating your content and bypassing your filters at record levels then :-)
- SmkyMt 11y agoThat's actually a most generous and humane service you provide the world. Seriously.
- chris_wot 11y agoI don't know if I agree with the pirating business (I don't do this) but certainly I don't think it's unethical to bypass geoblocking which I find borderline racist - and definitely greedy in the worst sense of the word.
- prawn 11y agoFrom what I can tell, the redirects are all on popsci's side. It's pathetic. It's like they're saying the science is different country by country...