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Re:Show HN: A New, Clean Geolocation API by qwerty456127 on Friday December 08, 2017 @03:51PM (#15881932)
This can be considered a reasonable way when it's about statistics rather than about an individual user experience.
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Re:Show HN: A New, Clean Geolocation API by linkmotif on Saturday December 09, 2017 @12:50AM (#15884521)
Agreed. Using IP for things you present to the user is strange and presumptuous. But the geolocation API is kind of “creepy” I image for the user. At least that’s always how it feels to me.
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