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          1. Decided to look at the Pixel 2 on Google's store and it doesn't even give me a chance to switch to English. Sigh.
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          Hey Google - you know about planes, right? Big metal things that go from one place to another? People ride in them?
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        You may not believe this - but - just go with me a minute. People... ride... in planes. CRAZY! Right?
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      And sometimes a person who speaks one language may fly to a place where they speak another language. I know, nutty, right? But wait...
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    Even though I'm in China... I still don't speak Mandarin. Nope, I speak English still.
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      But wait - even more crazy. I may actually want American content. I'm American. Who just so HAPPENS to be in China. INSANITY!
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        Maybe if I remove the "sg" from the URL it will switch back. NOPE! Still Mandarin.
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          Hey Google (and MANY other companies), have you heard of Accept-Language? developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language
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            9/10ths of the stupid shit on web sites is developers not standing up to marketers or management and saying "This is freaking stupid."