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Why do you need my location to tell me a poem?
by ezekg 2y ago
Why do you need my location to tell me a poem?
- pimlottc 2y agoI assume it’s to localize the currency and some of the text
- lazycog512 2y agoyou have my IP address and my Accept-Language header, that should be enough for a clever person
- SouravInsights 2y agoAhh, right! I could've used IP geolocation to get all the info I needed, without that intrusive location request. It would've been a much better experience and a lot simpler to implement for me as well. Thanks for pointing this out - definitely a learning moment for me! :-)
- mrastro 2y agoMost of the IP to coarse location databases cost money and/or require backend work to setup. Totally reasonable to skip that money/effort for a fun project like this!
- SouravInsights 2y agoYep, thanks for noticing this.. That was my original intention.. I know why people are frustrated but my intention was something else. I was trying to localize the content.
- SouravInsights 2y agoThanks for the feedback. I can totally relate to this frustration, even I personally would be frustrated if a site is asking for location for no fugin reasons.. But as you can see in the above reply, I have tried to explain my original intention. Sorry if this was frustrating..