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Ah, the way they break out artwork calls explains the weird behaviour I see with my U.K. Netflix account in Portugal - English titles, Portuguese posters, regardless of language preferences.



Yes because you’re being served the Portugal catalog. English is simply a localization setting that can be applied to any region.


Then this must be an edge case with UK, as within the EU you would get your "home catalog": https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/internet-tel...


Yet you tend to lose english subtitles when travelling in certain regions.


How does the artwork explain that? Wouldn't they just need to call the artwork service with your current language preference instead of the default language of your current geolocation?


Internationalization vs localization in the wild.




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