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Strangely, it appears to decide this based on IP geolocation. My account is listed as US-based but the site does not work when using non-US VPN.


I wouldn’t be surprised if they have several layers of location checks and if any of them fail they bail. Typically with geolocation on projects I’ve done we will rely on the best available info - location permission, IP geolocation, or the user telling us where they are via form.




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