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The video "Sorry, this content not available in your country" and the back button / close action "Leave site" edit confirm are nice touches to highlight the mad
by drawkbox 4y ago
The video "Sorry, this content not available in your country" and the back button / close action "Leave site" edit confirm are nice touches to highlight the madness of the modern content experience.
- quaintdev 4y agoWhat if we create search engine that does not index such websites?
- marcus_holmes 4y agoAlso present all content in the dominant language of the country that my IP address is in, not the language my browser specifically asks for.
- ghusto 4y agoThis could come from the presumption that most people won't have set that preference, so it would be correct more often to assume language based on IP? I mean I doubt it, since even the setting is automatic based on where you download your browser in most cases, but whatevs, let's be generous in _our_ assumptions. It doesn't make it any less annoying though. What tips it over the edge into maddening, is not allowing me to correct the assumption, or overriding my choice when I do.
- mordae 4y agoUsing automatic machine translation I can't turn off.
- seydor 4y agoEspecially when it's from the BBC (paid already) or sky news (they used to have their youtube channel open). It doesnt cost anything, but they still do it