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Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address by vbernat on Sunday April 23, 2017 @02:09AM (#14176818)
Switzerland has 3 official languages and geoIP is not good enough to determine in which part of Switzerland you are. I always get pages in German despite being in the French-speaking part of Switzerland.

Even when traveling abroad I get the problem since mobile connections are now tunneled to your home country. In France, I get German pages!

Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address by dragosiulian on Sunday April 23, 2017 @03:46AM (#14177038)
What's most annoying is that local companies make exactly the same mistakes. Digitec, Migros or Galaxus they all default to German. And I use Accept-Language as well. I understand this is a special case and the heuristic works in most cases, but when you're a Swiss company operating in Switzerland the odds are slightly different. Only 63.5% are native German speakers.

But google is by far the worst, since I'm always logged in but switches languages based on IP.

Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address by nift on Sunday April 23, 2017 @03:09AM (#14176947)
Sorry if this gets too nitpicky according to Google you officially have 4 :)
Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address by OJFord on Sunday April 23, 2017 @04:35AM (#14177170)
> The four national languages of Switzerland are German, French, Italian and Romansh. All but Romansh maintain equal status as official languages at the national level within the Federal Administration of the Swiss Confederation.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Switzerland

Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address by jwilk on Sunday April 23, 2017 @05:30AM (#14177343)
Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address by charriu on Sunday April 23, 2017 @03:58AM (#14177065)
While this is technically true, the fourth one is basically on life support. I wouldn't expect to find software or even many websites using it.
Re:Stop Guessing Languages Based on IP Address by int_19h on Sunday April 23, 2017 @04:50AM (#14177213)
I hope you guys keep it on life support for a little while longer. Dying or not, it has a nice distinctive sound to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtMP7Nw0E3g