Regulatory Geo-Restrictions

Comments focus on why a service or feature is unavailable in countries like the US and Europe due to strict privacy laws and regulations, while feasible in places with lax enforcement like Russia or China.

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Sample Comments

impeachgod Jul 23, 2010 View on HN

What if they're outside North America or Western Europe? Some place with weaker laws?

kroltan Jan 3, 2022 View on HN

Thankfully other countries/legislations exist, then!

apapapa Dec 22, 2023 View on HN

They arent in the US because of laws... Not because they couldn't be

Jolter Aug 30, 2019 View on HN

Not in some countries, because they have actual enforcement of the law.

green-eclipse Mar 18, 2022 View on HN

Maybe different countries have different laws or regulations on this sort of thing? I don't know.

forgotAgain Feb 20, 2013 View on HN

Not trying to justify it but just saying it could be privacy laws in other countries.

olegkikin Oct 11, 2017 View on HN

Unfortunately there are countries that don't care about your regulations. I'm not even sure a regulation like that can pass in most western countries.

krferriter Jun 16, 2021 View on HN

Not if it gets them banned in those countries.

blibble Dec 3, 2025 View on HN

this only works in countries with questionable rule of law

robotnikman Mar 5, 2020 View on HN

Not if they are located somewhere like Russia or China where the authorities don't care