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Phil Knight mentioned this in Shoe Dog. I don't remember the details but he was paid a visit by some officials and they told him he cannot pay factory workers more than they can pay their doctors.

Yes, I did notice that replies to your post were blaming cookies and some incorrect assumptions - hence I wanted to put the time in writing this post separately.

To further validate our assumptions - try to use google maps daily for at least 2 weeks while in Seattle using that exit IP. Logic tells me that it should update once more to the new location (I'd think it's unlikely to be a once off update due to the dynamic nature of IP).

Yes, never logged on. Linking your location back to you personally is a different topic and depends on your usage - but if you have a static IP for > 2 weeks - google.com should show you your precise location (at the bottom of the page).

> There is no path forward that permits both "I don't accept Google's data practices" and "I allow Location Services for Google mobile apps on my iOS device". :)

in my case I have a family member sharing my VPN endpoint (DNS blocking does wonders on iOS) - which was part of the initial puzzle as I didn't use any google services at that point.

Not a path forward but a workaround - rotate the IP periodically and start "fresh".

I actually mentioned this in another reply. I never tried but it should work in an android emulator - set the GPS coordinates to something interesting - of course, something that won't potentially get you in trouble.

I never tried this - but I would've expected that after using Google Maps for a couple of weeks while in London - the GeoIP data would've been updated again back to the UK?

I am aware of the IP leak in iOS but that's only for Apple services, Google Maps will always use the outbound VPN IP.

Something to note though - in my post I never mentioned the "real IP" - all tests were done to change the geoIP data of the VPN IP - and that always works as expected.

It would be an interesting test if someone has the time and resources - use conflicting location for the same IP. Could be done in an emulator in Android Studio I assume? I would think that it would simply treat it as bad (inconclusive) data and not update the GeoIP.

I always use private browsing window (and note my recommendation on how to replicate - to use Firefox Focus as this does not have any persistent data) - so yes.

It's definitely updated on GeoIP as it's device independent (eg: a laptop using the same exit IP will automatically be redirected to that country when it changes).

thank you - I already had GreaseMonkey installed (for old.reddit.com redirection) - wasn't sure if they're compatible but they are - it worked nicely without any modifications - thank you very much. depending on the size of the list this may be cleaner than the ublock origin one - thanks again.

of course, in retrospective now it makes sense - thanks for taking the time to look into this, appreciate it.