User or customer? That's quite a difference. When I pay to have goods shipped there's an expectation of regulation that doesn't exist when I chat with someone o

User or customer? That's quite a difference. When I pay to have goods shipped there's an expectation of regulation that doesn't exist when I chat with someone on the phone. (Admittedly all the free product dumping by tech companies blurs the line.) The current legal reality is a shitshow but I don't think that's inherent to the situation itself. gTLDs and foreign hosting services certainly complicate things, but then so does choosing to (physically) import supplies from abroad. I'm not convinced there's a real issue there at least in theory. I think that a single "common carrier" type treaty unambiguously placing all burden on the speaker and absolving any liability arising from jurisdictional differences would likely fix 90% of the current issues. If I visit a foreign run site and lie about my country of residence in order to access material that isn't legal where I reside the only liable party in that scenario should be me.