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Re:Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me by lxgr on Monday August 25, 2025 @02:13AM (#45010757)
Many US companies do it already.

It should be illegal, at least for companies that still charge me while I’m abroad and don’t offer me any other way of canceling service or getting support.

Re:Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me by withinboredom on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:08AM (#45011129)
I'm pretty sure I still owe t-mobile money. When I moved to the EU, we kept our old phone plans for awhile. Then, for whatever reason, the USD didn't make it to the USD account in time and we missed a payment. Then t-mobile cut off the service and you need to receive a text message to login to the account. Obviously, that wasn't possible. So, we lost the ability to even pay, even while using a VPN. We just decided to let it die, but I'm sure in t-mobile's eyes, I still owe them.
Re:Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me by thenthenthen on Monday August 25, 2025 @03:36AM (#45011292)
This! Dealing with European services from China is also terrible. As is the other way around. Welcome to the intranet!
Re:Ban me at the IP level if you don't like me by thenthenthen on Monday August 25, 2025 @12:45PM (#45015816)
In addition, my tencent and alicloud instances are also hammered to death by their own bots. Just to add a bit of perspective.