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by timeimp 877 days ago
I got:

Access Denied - GoDaddy Website Firewall

Block reason: Access from your Country was disabled by the administrator.

from Australia.

I wonder why they'd block an entire country...

2 comments

They likely just block non-us.

Geoblocks for no prticular reason a really sad, but widespread, practice.

(op here)

> They likely just block non-us.

Link was and is working for me here in the uk.

That's pretty wild because its blocked for me in Canada, and usually we have the best parity with US content.
It is also blocked for me, from South Africa.