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It could be as simple as them testing the waters or as complex as data storage and analysis having different requirements per country. It is annoying but may be
by brazzledazzle 10y ago
It could be as simple as them testing the waters or as complex as data storage and analysis having different requirements per country. It is annoying but may be the best they can do.
- nevi-me 10y agoI could access it from US VPN, so I don't know what the real trouble is. I can't think of anything in my country that would prevent Google from offering this service. From a billing perspective, Google already makes some money from me, and many companies, so I can't imagine that being a stumbling block.
- Klathmon 10y agoBut a company the size of Google can't just assume that there won't be anything wrong with operating in another country. They need to spend time and money on lawyers which specialize in that country's laws to look over everything and make sure. And that takes time and money, and you don't want to spend either of those when testing the waters on a new product.
- tajen 10y agoGoogle could have spread the Beta using an invitation-only scheme (Remember Gmail? That's how they controlled the load). Exclusive invitations are more inclusive than a US-centric approach. Customers get fed-up with US-centric approaches, which give us: - Different content on Netflix (Many movies in US, less than 1/4 in Poland), - Different treatment as civilians (See: NSA spying, Predators) - Movies coming 6 months later in Europe. I get it that US customers have more money, but if companies could use a specific criteria like "high-return customers" rather than a prejudice like "Only Silicon Valley customers will understand", that would be nice.
- brazzledazzle 10y agoBut if we assume the issue is a legal one and they need lawyers specializing in each country's laws to vet it for every country they release it in releasing a preview per-country makes sense.