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by epsylon 4471 days ago
> and for most cases that IS the right thing to do.

The problem is that for a large minority of people this is absolutely catastrophic. Think of the Western business traveller going to Japan or China...

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You're preaching to the choir, I'm in the suffering minority; that's is my problem exactly. I was just pre-empting the usual replies. Every time the subject comes up, people always respond with "Most people can't configure their browsers correctly" and "these websites do extensive testing and for most visitors they are right".
Not just travelers. What content do you serve to people with an IP from Belgium? Switzerland? Canada?