Hmmm...well unfortunately a lot of scammers and thieves on the internet come out of third world countries. Like, it's crazy, but the economics of scam artistry make this worth while as a career in certain countries - for example Romania (https://abcnews.go.com/International/journey-hackerville-rom...).
So, websites are protecting themselves as best they can while pissing off the fewest of their customers by putting up more security measures blocked by country IP.
The real issue is the authoritarian governments that are making it so countries (like China) are completely fire-walled off from the internet.
Have you heard that Iraq is having massive street protests at the moment? If not, it might be because the government cut off internet access so a lot of the stories and media about the protests are not making it onto the social media sites. That's scary.
So, websites are protecting themselves as best they can while pissing off the fewest of their customers by putting up more security measures blocked by country IP.
The real issue is the authoritarian governments that are making it so countries (like China) are completely fire-walled off from the internet.
Have you heard that Iraq is having massive street protests at the moment? If not, it might be because the government cut off internet access so a lot of the stories and media about the protests are not making it onto the social media sites. That's scary.