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firefox had localized installers that also set the accept language headers correctly, dont know about chrome. using the geolocation data is good for the majori
by minusf 5y ago
firefox had localized installers that also set the accept language headers correctly, dont know about chrome. using the geolocation data is good for the majority of the users i guess, although it ignores a lot of nuance about mixed populations.
back then when i was still a google product, it was very very frustrating while backpacking around the world. `hl=en` or some such parameter was the "fix".
- emptyparadise 5y agogoogle.com/ncr (no country redirect) was the panacea until Google broke it.
- currysausage 5y agoNowadays it's https://www.google.com/?gl=us&hl=en https://www.google.com/?gl=us&hl=en (US region, English language). Works for /maps too. If that still redirects you to a local version for some reason, append &gws_rd=cr (which AFAIK tells Google Web Server that a country redirect already happened and that no further country redirect should be triggered). Youtube needs uppercase region and usually disrespects language if you don't append &persist_hl=1 (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/?hl=en&gl=US&persist_hl=1 https://www.youtube.com/?hl=en&gl=US&persist_hl=1). Might as well append &persist_gl=1 too. Not really an issue if you use bookmarks on your own devices, but super annoying otherwise.