Ah, yes, Anglophones. So annoyed with VPNs causing site languages to switch, they suggest just making English the International Default.
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I blame Google for using IP address geoloc over Accept-Language HTTP request headers.
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I think Google also does it asymmetrically, redirecting away from google .com outside the US, but not to it in the US.
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IIRC each google.co.foo has its own special behavior. The UI for switching can be different.
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(It's also possible that they've just changed their global behavior each time ive hit this issue)
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India also defaults to English, actually, but on google.co.in, with choices (but not suggestion boxes) to switch langs
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Replying to @ManishEarth @SimonSapin
English defaults in India seem like a progressively worse choice as more of the population gets online, no?

Apr 23, 2017 · 4:28 AM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @SimonSapin
It's ... complicated. Ideally they should do it by region or something, if they're using geolocation.
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That *still* isn't perfect because it's hard to decide what gets to be a default language and what doesn't.
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