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Do we just call everything that misbehaves “extremely hostile” now? Would be keen to see how this relates to any sensible definition of hostility.

I just selected USA and it hid the popup and allowed me to view it!

I didn't get any regional popup. What does it say?

Offers you a choice of links to retailers in your country. Blocks interaction and covers up centre of page, although scrolling is still possible.

That there are no retailers in your country and you need to choose another one. I removed it with uBlock's popup removal tool.

yup, very annoying. Open devtools and delete the element and the page functions fine.