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Re:Smart ovens shouting out to servers in Russia and China by United857 on Thursday January 26, 2023 @12:05PM (#34534586)
Perhaps they just want to make it useful in the Chinese market where Google is blocked by the great firewall without having to have a separate firmware build just for that.
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Re:Smart ovens shouting out to servers in Russia and China by red-iron-pine on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:59PM (#34538750)
that was my thought -- ping google, which is reachable in the Americas and Europe, and hit the Chinese and Russian sites that might limit Google.

Guess you're out of luck in Turkmenistan, but works well enough most other places.

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