Why would you do this to us?
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Then you just tell them your language anyway, but it's more cumbersome to you.
As someone not in the USA, I cannot tell you how absolutely annoying and terrible it is when the website automatically selects a language/region for you. It happens so often.
"Oh, you have a Polish IP? Here is the whole website in Polish. Also, the address field will now only accept Polish addresses!". Nah bro, I just live near the border. I wish I could select language by adjusting the path, that would be so much better than what some sites do.
Your example isn't even the worst. Polish IP and Polish language.
I have an Estonian IP so I've had websites determine I want everything in Russian.
There was some website at one point that didn't even give me an option for English. Estonian IP? Okay, you speak Russian. You don't speak English. And we don't support Estonian.
IT'S NOT EVEN AN OFFICIAL LANGUAGE FOR THE COUNTRY WHERE MY IP ADDRESS IS LOCATED
Nevertheless, you do actually understand a decent amount of Russian...and if you're old enough you are fluent.