Yes. Intent matters. The website is showing that they do not want EU visitors as they don't want to deal with the high cost of GDPR. If an EU visitor manages to

Yes. Intent matters. The website is showing that they do not want EU visitors as they don't want to deal with the high cost of GDPR. If an EU visitor manages to bypass this restriction in some way like a VPN then they lose their EU protection as they are hiding their identity as a EU citizen.