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Yup. I was in Spain from March to May. It was annoying to be in the habit of typing "news.google.com" when trying to get news on COVID-19. It wasn't hard to

Yup. I was in Spain from March to May. It was annoying to be in the habit of typing "news.google.com" when trying to get news on COVID-19. It wasn't hard to bypass, but it was annoying.

auggierose 6y ago
I like how they recommend the Mexican edition instead
- bzb3 6y ago
  Which makes no sense, except for international news... And maybe not even that
Uberphallus 6y ago
It wasn't for me it's hard, in reverse. I no longer live in Spain, haven't for 10 years. But every time I go to Google News I get the message of it not being available in my country. My primary language in my Google account isn't Spanish, my address isn't in Spain, my Google Wallet has a non Spanish card on it, so on and so forth, yet I can only access Google News when I'm logged out.
- Cantbekhan 6y ago
  Off topic but I had the same issue. Did you change your Google payment profile? (which has nothing to do with all the profile addresses you can set in various places) https://support.google.com/paymentscenter/answer/9028746?hl=en https://support.google.com/paymentscenter/answer/9028746?hl=... Because you can't actually change your country on your Google payment profile. You need to create a new one and then switch the new one. I had to do this to switch my US account to an EU account with the EU GDPR user consent options. Your Google account is tied to the payment profile country AFAIK.
  - Uberphallus 6y ago
    Already done, payment profile isn't Spain either. The fact that Google user support is literal black hole made me just accept this fact.
- gpanders 6y ago
  A similar thing happened to me. All of Google's products (Search, Maps, Translate, etc.) come up for me in Dutch. The weird part is, I am not Dutch, do not speak Dutch, and have never been to the Netherlands.
  - PopeDotNinja 6y ago
    Plot twist... You live in the north of Belgium & speak Flemish.

Yup. I was in Spain from March to May. It was annoying to be in the habit of typing "news.google.com" when trying to get news on COVID-19. It wasn't hard to bypass, but it was annoying.

auggierose 6y ago

I like how they recommend the Mexican edition instead

bzb3 6y ago
Which makes no sense, except for international news... And maybe not even that

Uberphallus 6y ago

It wasn't for me it's hard, in reverse. I no longer live in Spain, haven't for 10 years. But every time I go to Google News I get the message of it not being available in my country. My primary language in my Google account isn't Spanish, my address isn't in Spain, my Google Wallet has a non Spanish card on it, so on and so forth, yet I can only access Google News when I'm logged out.

Cantbekhan 6y ago
Off topic but I had the same issue. Did you change your Google payment profile? (which has nothing to do with all the profile addresses you can set in various places) https://support.google.com/paymentscenter/answer/9028746?hl=en https://support.google.com/paymentscenter/answer/9028746?hl=... Because you can't actually change your country on your Google payment profile. You need to create a new one and then switch the new one. I had to do this to switch my US account to an EU account with the EU GDPR user consent options. Your Google account is tied to the payment profile country AFAIK.
- Uberphallus 6y ago
  Already done, payment profile isn't Spain either. The fact that Google user support is literal black hole made me just accept this fact.
gpanders 6y ago
A similar thing happened to me. All of Google's products (Search, Maps, Translate, etc.) come up for me in Dutch. The weird part is, I am not Dutch, do not speak Dutch, and have never been to the Netherlands.
- PopeDotNinja 6y ago
  Plot twist... You live in the north of Belgium & speak Flemish.