Comment on Why do websites now prefer IP-based geolocation rather than the `Accept-Language` HTTP header?
entwine413@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Probably because it’s easier to track people that way.
Comment on Why do websites now prefer IP-based geolocation rather than the `Accept-Language` HTTP header?
entwine413@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Probably because it’s easier to track people that way.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 days ago
Sure, but that could be decoupled from language/regional preferences.
When I travel to another country my smartphone doesn’t change its language to match that of the host country, so why don’t websites respect the user-defined preference defined in the header?
Jeeve65@ttrpg.network 3 days ago
It was not that long ago when Android changed my on screen keyboard to a different layout whenever I was in a different country. Really annoying - I don’t suddenly type in Danish when I’m on a business trip to Lyngby (near Copenhagen)
IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world 3 days ago
No one is spending money to cater to a miniscule audience.
undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 3 days ago
Doesn’t it cost less money to parse the header than to pay for an entire geolocation dataset?