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It's impossible to infer the right language using geolocation information, and in many locations the chance of correctly guessing the native language of a user is extremely small.

Some services, Google for example, ignore this simple fact and as a consequence force major inferior experience and usability. Many people waste considerable amount of time to fix the issues caused by that, with varying degree of success. The solutions usually have limited lifetime, due to changes in the services. So much needless pain.



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