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I dislike that this website disregards my languages preferences. it forces me to use what it deems appropriate based on my IP

if their website already ignores my preferences and dictates choices for me; I have no hopes for the software in the actual device... yay! more software telling me what to do and how to think; which is only weird because I grew up learning how to do the opposite

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I feel like it is a new norm for websites to provide you language based on the location and not language settings. I have noticed that too, when spent 2 months in Mexico in the beginning of this year. Even Google decided to show half of the pages in Spanish. My guess somebody posted some answer somewhere on StackOverflow how to identify the user's language with GeoIP instead of just reading the Accept-Language.

I also dislike that their "Keynote" is some stupid video about them going to rollercoaster.

Seems like an overreaction.

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No problem here, you have your settings correct?

EDIT: The page I get is in English, but the URL auto-redirects to https://nl.nothing.tech/pages/phone-2. Sets the right currency and prices I guess.

But please let me select that myself...

I am in Germany and my browser is not set to use German. I was redirected to de.nothing.tech.

I typed us.nothing.tech hoping I would end up in the US site. I was redirected to de.nothing.tech.

OP is right. If their product designer thinks they know better than me even when given the information on the contrary, I take it as a sign that their whole product will follow that philosophy.

Works find on safari (in France with En)

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