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Re:IP Geolocation Is Twenty-Five Years Old by joepie91_ on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @03:01PM (#39770633)
That "default" is typically set by the language choice in the OS, which is exactly why it is reliable, because people understand language selectors just fine.
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Re:IP Geolocation Is Twenty-Five Years Old by Dalewyn on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @11:12PM (#39774580)
I know precisely zero people who know how to change the OS's language settings, assuming they weren't already knowledgable with computers.
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