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Ask HN: Why do American restaurant chains block their websites in Australia?
None of these are accessible from Australia/NZ...
https://www.applebees.com/en
https://www.daveandbusters.com/sports-bar-and-restaurant
https://www.olivegarden.com/home
https://www.ihop.com/en
https://www.buffalowildwings.com/
https://www.redrobin.com/
- sneak 5y agoIf I had to guess, they block them from all non-US IPs to avoid having to contend with GDPR. It's not like they care about marketing to people who can't be their customers anyway.
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- orionblastar 5y agoI think your ISP is blocking those sites because they assumed they were hackers or spamming