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thijser | 2 years ago

I used ChatGPT (because no access to bard :) ) to convert their 180 country names to 3-letter codes and generate a world map showing where it's available:

https://twitter.com/thijser/status/1656943947556569090

Definitely not what I had expected with "180 countries"

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PurpleRamen|2 years ago

Apparently it's 180 Countries and regions. So every little island is included, even if it's not a separate country. Someone at Google finally learned marketing I guess.

robjan|2 years ago

"Regions" is used so that it captures disputed territories such as Taiwan (TWN) and semi-autonomous regions which have country codes but aren't countries e.g Hong Kong (HKG) and Macau (MAC). You will notice that most airlines and international companies now refer to country dropdowns as region dropdowns, primarily to satisfy the Chinese government.

singularity2001|2 years ago

   >> Someone at Google finally learned marketing I guess.
not sure if it's good marketing though. the first impression of disappointment and annoyance (and lack of veracity) might stick.

newswasboring|2 years ago

Weird that its not available in Brazil. Thats a big market, no?

dlisboa|2 years ago

Google has been at odds with Brazil's judicial system, likely doesn't want to add more controversial fuel to the fire.

ElectricalUnion|2 years ago

Brazil implements a local copy of GDPR, "LGPD".