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When I visit that link I am asked to log into my Google account. If I open the link in private mode, I get redirected to a region picker, where Google reluctan

When I visit that link I am asked to log into my Google account. If I open the link in private mode, I get redirected to a region picker, where Google reluctantly lets me choose US ("are you _sure_ you want to visit the US store?") From there I have to navigate to the new pixel phones, having completely lost where the link pointed. I can't believe how difficult Google, a company that claims to have its mission to organize the worlds information, makes it to access their marketing webpages!

LegitShady 4y ago
- hobs 4y ago
  Does any other e-commerce website (even amazon) force you to login to get details about the thing? When a customer provides feedback its an opportunity to improve your service, not complain about them.
- pikseladam 4y ago
  why are you defending a bad choice? you can just display the information and then suggest a religion picker like everybody else.
  - DennisAleynikov 4y ago
    They do suggest a region picker?
    - wodenokoto 4y ago
      The link already contains region choice https://store.google.com/magazine/google_pixel_7?hl=en-US https://store.google.com/magazine/google_pixel_7?hl=en-US
      - johnchristopher 4y ago
        It gets redirected to another region though (if you are logged-in) and if this region has no pixel 7 thingy then no dice.
- wodenokoto 4y ago
  Sure, it is better than previous years, where they flat out refused to serve the page outside of the US, but it is still odd how much energy they put into stopping users from viewing their sales material, and effectively stopping people from sharing links. This is the largest web company. You'd think they'd be mindful to keep basic functionality of the world wide web working on their world wide website.
- SllX 4y ago
  It’s worth noting that kind of behavior because it demonstrates the attitude of the people that designed this web page. They want you to be signed in to view a sales and information page or else they will waste your time for trying. That kind of regional picker nonsense needs to go back to 1999 where it didn’t belong either but at least it wouldn’t be lingering about like a zombie now.
krastanov 4y ago
Something weird must be happening, because I opened this link in a clean browser tab without any cookies and I could see everything without login prompts or region selectors. It works perfectly fine on my end (Firefox with stock uBlock and Container Tabs with a Boston US IP address).
onion2k 4y ago
When I visit the page Google knows I'm in the UK, and correctly routes me to the UK product page with UK pricing, and in a bright blue bar across the top of the page it suggests I trade in my old phone ... and get USD$400. Google always get close when they make things, but they never quite get it 100% right.
rajup 4y ago
Seems to work fine for me in an incognito tab.
- wodenokoto 4y ago
  I imagine you are in a market where the pixel is sold directly by Google. Google has a history of trying to block users who they don’t ship to, from viewing item details in their online stores.
massysett 4y ago
I sometimes log in to my child's school Google account on my computer - the school holds school events by sending invites to the child's account. When I "log out", I'm not truly logged out, as shown by the popups on various websites encouraging me to log in using my child's Google account. When I clicked this link, it said my administrator has not allowed me to view this site. The only way out of this that I've found is to clear Google's cookies. Correction - there is another way out: just don't visit the site. Dealing with Google is just not worth the hassle.
- lovehashbrowns 4y ago
  There’s also the fun part where you can’t organize Google accounts (e.g. which account is the default). I have two Google accounts, my main account and a professional account. My main account is where I use things like YouTube and my personal email. If the two accounts get swapped and my professional account becomes the default, the only way to fix this is by logging out of all the accounts and logging in again in the right order. Fun experience! Especially with MFA and physical keys.
  - x0x0 4y ago
    I think this is the rationale for profiles in chrome. Because this is infuriating for anyone who has to juggle professional and personal google accounts. You can also use multi-account containers in firefox [1] [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
    - lovehashbrowns 4y ago
      I’ll give multi-account containers in Firefox a try and see if that improves the experience. Thank you!
  - skybrian 4y ago
    Google has sort-of tried to support multiple accounts for at least a decade and it never entirely worked. Multiple Chrome profiles (or the equivalent in other browsers) is the way to go.
koheripbal 4y ago
Are you on a VPN?

LegitShady 4y ago

hobs 4y ago
Does any other e-commerce website (even amazon) force you to login to get details about the thing? When a customer provides feedback its an opportunity to improve your service, not complain about them.
pikseladam 4y ago
why are you defending a bad choice? you can just display the information and then suggest a religion picker like everybody else.
- DennisAleynikov 4y ago
  They do suggest a region picker?
  - wodenokoto 4y ago
    The link already contains region choice https://store.google.com/magazine/google_pixel_7?hl=en-US https://store.google.com/magazine/google_pixel_7?hl=en-US
    - johnchristopher 4y ago
      It gets redirected to another region though (if you are logged-in) and if this region has no pixel 7 thingy then no dice.
wodenokoto 4y ago
Sure, it is better than previous years, where they flat out refused to serve the page outside of the US, but it is still odd how much energy they put into stopping users from viewing their sales material, and effectively stopping people from sharing links. This is the largest web company. You'd think they'd be mindful to keep basic functionality of the world wide web working on their world wide website.
SllX 4y ago
It’s worth noting that kind of behavior because it demonstrates the attitude of the people that designed this web page. They want you to be signed in to view a sales and information page or else they will waste your time for trying. That kind of regional picker nonsense needs to go back to 1999 where it didn’t belong either but at least it wouldn’t be lingering about like a zombie now.

krastanov 4y ago

Something weird must be happening, because I opened this link in a clean browser tab without any cookies and I could see everything without login prompts or region selectors. It works perfectly fine on my end (Firefox with stock uBlock and Container Tabs with a Boston US IP address).

onion2k 4y ago

When I visit the page Google knows I'm in the UK, and correctly routes me to the UK product page with UK pricing, and in a bright blue bar across the top of the page it suggests I trade in my old phone ... and get USD$400. Google always get close when they make things, but they never quite get it 100% right.

rajup 4y ago

Seems to work fine for me in an incognito tab.

wodenokoto 4y ago
I imagine you are in a market where the pixel is sold directly by Google. Google has a history of trying to block users who they don’t ship to, from viewing item details in their online stores.

massysett 4y ago

I sometimes log in to my child's school Google account on my computer - the school holds school events by sending invites to the child's account. When I "log out", I'm not truly logged out, as shown by the popups on various websites encouraging me to log in using my child's Google account. When I clicked this link, it said my administrator has not allowed me to view this site. The only way out of this that I've found is to clear Google's cookies. Correction - there is another way out: just don't visit the site. Dealing with Google is just not worth the hassle.

lovehashbrowns 4y ago
There’s also the fun part where you can’t organize Google accounts (e.g. which account is the default). I have two Google accounts, my main account and a professional account. My main account is where I use things like YouTube and my personal email. If the two accounts get swapped and my professional account becomes the default, the only way to fix this is by logging out of all the accounts and logging in again in the right order. Fun experience! Especially with MFA and physical keys.
- x0x0 4y ago
  I think this is the rationale for profiles in chrome. Because this is infuriating for anyone who has to juggle professional and personal google accounts. You can also use multi-account containers in firefox [1] [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...
  - lovehashbrowns 4y ago
    I’ll give multi-account containers in Firefox a try and see if that improves the experience. Thank you!
- skybrian 4y ago
  Google has sort-of tried to support multiple accounts for at least a decade and it never entirely worked. Multiple Chrome profiles (or the equivalent in other browsers) is the way to go.

koheripbal 4y ago

Are you on a VPN?