[optimiz3]

Which is completely legal and encouraged. Here's an example: if you've ever shipped an ad-monetized free app, you've probably disabled regions like Russia, Iran, North Korea, etc.

You know why? Because the ad-revenue is worthless (and often malicious) and the users will be more trouble than they are worth. Same thing is happening with net traffic from other low value regions. One star reviews because users from $banned_region are complaining about lag due to their crappy wifi and/or some other issue you have no control over (defective ram in their 6 year old 2nd hand phone comes to mind)? Sign me up!

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Another example: on Ebay, one bit of bog standard anti-fraud advice is prohibiting international bids. This is because the overwhelming majority of bidders living in certain countries are fraudsters. The tiny slice of legitimate traffic attempting to make international purchases is not worth the massive increase in exposure to fraud risk.

[saagarjha]

I believe selling your products in some of those counties can get you in legal hot water as well.

[cthaeh]

The hate for poor people in this comment is insane.

[sjwright]

If insane is a new word for nonexistent