Ah, yes, Anglophones. So annoyed with VPNs causing site languages to switch, they suggest just making English the International Default.

I blame Google for using IP address geoloc over Accept-Language HTTP request headers.

I think Google also does it asymmetrically, redirecting away from google .com outside the US, but not to it in the US.

IIRC each google.co.foo has its own special behavior. The UI for switching can be different.

(It's also possible that they've just changed their global behavior each time ive hit this issue)

India also defaults to English, actually, but on google.co.in, with choices (but not suggestion boxes) to switch langs

English defaults in India seem like a progressively worse choice as more of the population gets online, no?

It's ... complicated. Ideally they should do it by region or something, if they're using geolocation.