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Re:An unwanted update to your Google Account by axiosgunnar on Saturday June 19, 2021 @10:56AM (#27560962)
The author is aware that his account ended up being associated with Malaysia, right?

I have the impression he mistakenly thinks it stayed with Germany?

Re:An unwanted update to your Google Account by EMM_386 on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:12AM (#27561143)
> I have the impression he mistakenly thinks it stayed with Germany?

I don't get that impression. I think the reason it's in bold with is to show that even after the manual attempt to change it, Google responded with "sorry, still Malaysia".

Re:An unwanted update to your Google Account by eyeinthepyramid on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:01AM (#27560998)
Didn't he want it to stay with Germany?
Re:An unwanted update to your Google Account by andrewnicolalde on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:08AM (#27561094)
Yes, and it looks like it changed to Malaysia rather than remaining in Germany.
Re:An unwanted update to your Google Account by wikunia on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:09AM (#27561105)
Yeah I'm also confused by that part. The first said Germany -> Malaysia and the second said: Will be unchanged but Malaysia
Re:An unwanted update to your Google Account by masklinn on Saturday June 19, 2021 @11:28AM (#27561324)
It looks like Google told the author to get bent, but it's really rather unclear.

Though note that the dates may be confused: the article was posted on May 1st but the edit is marked April 4th, for an update to an article which would have been posted a month later.

Most likely the date for the update is wrong and should be something like June 4th, and in

> Which will happen first? The automatic switching of the country association, or Google responding to my inquiry? It’s going to be a race!

the automatic switching won.