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Or, as an alternative, we try to convince people that geoIP lookups are at best uncertain and at worst actively misleading -- and perhaps shouldn't be taken at face value. I personally think this would be a great thing. For paid services that allegedly need to know where you are geographically located, use your billing address. For advertisers it's one less bit of useful information...


I agree! Now please convince Youtube TV, Hulu, and friends.

YTTV at least will prefer your phone's geolocation to the IP address, that's how I "check in" to my metro every couple of months.




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