I’m sick of very clever companies guessing which language I want to use based on my location. Google keeps throwing me into Dutch, even if I typed in google.com, do they really think I can’t figure out how to use google.nl? or the advanced search options for that matter.
And Apple keeps throwing iTunes into Dutch. I get that there are copyright issues concerning the content – fine. But why can’t the app itself stay in English? They have the interface in English already.
Please, stop assuming I want to use websites in the language of the country I’m sitting in. How hard is it to give me a language choice?
(And before anyone gets on the integration bandwagon – I can use these sites in Dutch, I just don’t want to).
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