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Ruby on Rails “location hack” to better engage with your users

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Shady as fuck. This tactic is also known as lying. Just some more Medium trash

I agree. The author should just omit the "Made with love in $COUNTRY" line. No need for all these hoops.

Or you could have it display the country the client was accessing the site from only if you have done work in that country.

I get that there is some value in knowing that your software is made in the country that you live, but this is just deceptive

Re: Ruby on Rails “location hack” to better engage with your users

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This is fraud. It's not made in that country. The few people complaining are because a) the barrier to complaint is high b) not many people read it c) they don't know that it's false. If your a digital nomad, have it follow you round the world, or list all the countries you've done substantial work on it in.

Not mentioning taxes, counterfeiting laws, and immigration issues if you claim you made something in the US when you are not.

Same goes for claiming to be made in most countries when it is not. I'm pretty sure the author/company founder is in France and EU law has quite a few things to say on the matter of misrepresenting goods and services provided. His post is pretty much a confession of such misrepresentation.

Re: Ruby on Rails “location hack” to better engage with your users

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This is fraud. It's not made in that country. The few people complaining are because a) the barrier to complaint is high b) not many people read it c) they don't know that it's false. If your a digital nomad, have it follow you round the world, or list all the countries you've done substantial work on it in.

Well, it only takes one report to the relevant authority.
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