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"This app is not available in your country or region" Seriously? When is this idiotic corporate idea going to die? Internet has no regions. (BTW, I pay for C
by jwr 3y ago
"This app is not available in your country or region"
Seriously?
When is this idiotic corporate idea going to die? Internet has no regions.
(BTW, I pay for ChatGPT plus)
- yosito 3y agoUnfortunately, the internet is getting more and more balkanized. What people see in one country is becoming completely different from what people see in another country, and often things are completely inaccessible between countries. Not to mention that even within countries it's becoming impossible to see the same things as someone else.
- nickybuzz 3y agoWow, TIL "balkanize" is a word. I love that!
- jwr 3y agoI thought this idiocy would end with the failure of DVD Regions (remember those?), a lesson would be learned and we would all move on. But now I see this kind of crap from companies pretending to be at the forefront of technology and it has me not just frustrated, but worried. Do people at OpenAI realize how much bad will this kind of segregation causes? Because make no mistake, this is segregation: you divide your users into "better" ones and "worse" ones.
- dog321 3y agoThe internet most definitely has 'regions' when it comes to laws and resulting potential liability.
- nickpp 3y agoGoogle’s Bard is not available in the EU, afaik.
- cubefox 3y agoThey even made it unavailable in Europe full stop, except for the UK, where it was available from the start. Switzerland, Turkey, Norway etc. These countries don't even have GDPR, which is an EU law.
- throwuxiytayq 3y agoSomeone will grab and share the .ipa eventually (link appreciated). Gotta love shitty pointless bureaucracy.