Yeah, from my EU IP address I could not visit the site, with US-provided IP from my VPN I could. I don’t understand why they would geofence it honestly but that’s how it is.
They probably got DDoS like usage patterns from badly behaved scrapers around the world. Geo fencing is the easiest solution while still keeping data public domestically.
It's easy to blame them, but if you provide any data on the web, the load you get from scrapers is insane.
It's easy to blame them, but if you provide any data on the web, the load you get from scrapers is insane.