6 ms·

“Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support ou

“Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism.”

mbel 8y ago
> We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options... Full four months of engagement and commitment, that's pretty impressive.
- deleted 8y ago
  [deleted]
- walshemj 8y ago
  Its a traditional publisher what do you expect, it took me years to get a simple change made (redirecting the .org domain to .com for a site) when I worked at Relex (reed elsiveer)
  - 52-6F-62 8y ago
    Hey you’re not wrong, just maybe not clear enough. It’s true that many traditional publications and houses are slower to adapt to changes in the digital landscape ever since print as an output has been sidelined. They like to find something that works and stick with it, even if it’s not optimal. It would likely explain LA Times’ delay. It’s taken teams I’ve been on a year to procure a ten dollar a month VPS because the request would continually get turned down by infra.
trifidpaw 8y ago
https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090017/http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-amazon-counterfeits-20180928-story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090017/http://www.latime...
- theoh 8y ago
  Google AMP is another way around this particular barrier (on mobile). You need to Google the article title to get the AMP url.
  - ce4 8y ago
    Only if youre on a mobile using a supported-by-amp browser (e.g. Chrome).
    - nkozyra 8y ago
      You can do this by emulating a mobile device in developer tools on desktop.
draw_down 8y ago
Laws have consequences.
tim333 8y ago
hide.me free vpn works mostly
eisa01 8y ago
Funnily I'm not being blocked in Norway, which has also adopted GDPR through the EEA-agreement.
- ddebernardy 8y ago
  Assuming they've non-compliant tracking and data retention policies, consider filing a complaint for GDPR violation to bring it to their attention. And put forward a settlement whereby the rest of us in Europe can access their site after they make it compliant. ;-)

mbel 8y ago

> We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options... Full four months of engagement and commitment, that's pretty impressive.

deleted 8y ago
[deleted]
walshemj 8y ago
Its a traditional publisher what do you expect, it took me years to get a simple change made (redirecting the .org domain to .com for a site) when I worked at Relex (reed elsiveer)
- 52-6F-62 8y ago
  Hey you’re not wrong, just maybe not clear enough. It’s true that many traditional publications and houses are slower to adapt to changes in the digital landscape ever since print as an output has been sidelined. They like to find something that works and stick with it, even if it’s not optimal. It would likely explain LA Times’ delay. It’s taken teams I’ve been on a year to procure a ten dollar a month VPS because the request would continually get turned down by infra.

trifidpaw 8y ago

https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090017/http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-amazon-counterfeits-20180928-story.html https://web.archive.org/web/20180929090017/http://www.latime...

theoh 8y ago
Google AMP is another way around this particular barrier (on mobile). You need to Google the article title to get the AMP url.
- ce4 8y ago
  Only if youre on a mobile using a supported-by-amp browser (e.g. Chrome).
  - nkozyra 8y ago
    You can do this by emulating a mobile device in developer tools on desktop.

draw_down 8y ago

Laws have consequences.

tim333 8y ago

hide.me free vpn works mostly

eisa01 8y ago

Funnily I'm not being blocked in Norway, which has also adopted GDPR through the EEA-agreement.

ddebernardy 8y ago
Assuming they've non-compliant tracking and data retention policies, consider filing a complaint for GDPR violation to bring it to their attention. And put forward a settlement whereby the rest of us in Europe can access their site after they make it compliant. ;-)