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I get access denied to 10tv.com No idea why, do they ban UK / EU readers?

lobsterthief 2y ago
A lot of local news publishers in the US do that to save money and not have to deal with compliance in other countries. It’s beyond stupid and lazy
- SpicyLemonZest 2y ago
  How is it stupid or lazy? I wouldn't expect any random organization in Ohio to invest in European regulatory compliance. It's not like local news is a cash cow, there's gotta be better uses for any marginal dollars they end up with.
- BeFlatXIII 2y ago
  Why would they care about compliance in other nations? If they don't have assets in the foreign countries, tell them to pound sand when they attempt to collect fines. Unless, of course, Congress stabbed the American public in the back by agreeing to enforce such fines in a trade agreement.
xyst 2y ago
even us readers with ad block get a paywall. https://archive.ph/dEBJT https://archive.ph/dEBJT
progmetaldev 2y ago
I'm not defending the action, but some companies/government officials want to spend very little on their hosting. Often a Cloudflare account is put in front of the website, and all but US, or even local accounts are blocked. I have been forced to do it with clients that are not willing to spend more money on hosting, and they have a site that has regular updates where I can't cache everything, or the cache is commonly "cleared" for making changes to global elements. I have done a lot of work to "section out" parts of a website that update often, and replaced those areas with dynamic JavaScript to bypass page caching. Even then, it's a tough subject because clients often get confused when the content they updated doesn't show up, even with a custom CMS with a page level cache-clearing mechanism (using Umbraco, which has allowed me to start with zero layout, and create anything the designers and clients come up with). I've had to build all the cache breaking mechanisms by hand, using the Cloudflare API.

A lot of local news publishers in the US do that to save money and not have to deal with compliance in other countries. It’s beyond stupid and lazy

SpicyLemonZest 2y ago
How is it stupid or lazy? I wouldn't expect any random organization in Ohio to invest in European regulatory compliance. It's not like local news is a cash cow, there's gotta be better uses for any marginal dollars they end up with.
BeFlatXIII 2y ago
Why would they care about compliance in other nations? If they don't have assets in the foreign countries, tell them to pound sand when they attempt to collect fines. Unless, of course, Congress stabbed the American public in the back by agreeing to enforce such fines in a trade agreement.

xyst 2y ago

even us readers with ad block get a paywall. https://archive.ph/dEBJT https://archive.ph/dEBJT

progmetaldev 2y ago

I'm not defending the action, but some companies/government officials want to spend very little on their hosting. Often a Cloudflare account is put in front of the website, and all but US, or even local accounts are blocked. I have been forced to do it with clients that are not willing to spend more money on hosting, and they have a site that has regular updates where I can't cache everything, or the cache is commonly "cleared" for making changes to global elements. I have done a lot of work to "section out" parts of a website that update often, and replaced those areas with dynamic JavaScript to bypass page caching. Even then, it's a tough subject because clients often get confused when the content they updated doesn't show up, even with a custom CMS with a page level cache-clearing mechanism (using Umbraco, which has allowed me to start with zero layout, and create anything the designers and clients come up with). I've had to build all the cache breaking mechanisms by hand, using the Cloudflare API.