Ask HN: Why do American restaurant chains block their websites in Australia?

3 pointsBrissyCoder2 comments

None of these are accessible from Australia/NZ...

https://www.applebees.com/en

https://www.daveandbusters.com/sports-bar-and-restaurant

https://www.olivegarden.com/home

https://www.ihop.com/en

https://www.buffalowildwings.com/

https://www.redrobin.com/

I think your ISP is blocking those sites because they assumed they were hackers or spamming

If I had to guess, they block them from all non-US IPs to avoid having to contend with GDPR.

It's not like they care about marketing to people who can't be their customers anyway.