VPN is set to the country of the site/app.
Yeah this isn’t infuriating and makes perfect sense. Unless your country is like 10 square miles or something.
If it’s only local, doesn’t it make sense to block people from out of the area to prevent all the common scams?
It’s probably nothing to do with using a VPN, you just need to connect from a local server (if available).
I might be wrong but I think the site is geo blocked. I’ve sent links to family that live outside of the country and they weren’t able to open them.
That’s what the person you’re replying to said.
Just curious, what’s the site called?
The website shows lots of items to me even though I’m in the USA.
Maybe the app’s “Nearby” filtering is too strict, or the VPN strips out something important from your request that the app wants.
I think it makes sense. VPN changed your location to somewhere there are no nearby users / deals / whatever. Not sure but maybe that’s it?
My VPN server is located in the same country as the site (Ireland)
TIL Ireland is tiny
I don’t see this as infuriating. It’s making sure you’re actually local. It’s location based. If you’re hiding your location they can’t verify that. It’s like complaining that Google Maps asks for location data on your phone.
Sounds like a design flaw. If you can’t manually set a location, then the app is broken. I turn off and deny location requests for apps and websites, as most people should, because it’s often a massive privacy risk.
But then that opens the door to anyone creating fake local ads by manually entering a fake location. If you do t want to have your location shared on a location based website maybe you’re in the wrong place. My two cents.
This door is already open, as GPS location is easily faked. Android, for example, has an easily-accessed developer setting for manually specifying a device location.
