Since there wasn’t anything broken on our end, there shouldn’t be anyone else impacted by this. But as part of making sure that OP wasn’t visible by mistake, I had my team double-checked to make sure our previous fix from last year was properly retroactive. It was.
More generally, I don't think that tricking anyone is a viable way for us to run a business. We’re trying to create a marketplace that can open opportunities for engineers who wouldn’t otherwise have them, and we need the trust of engineers in order to do that.
Provided they're in the US. My experience as a European has been: more or less everything I apply to ignores my application. I haven't checked recently, is it changing?
I'm not implying you're wrong since you used the word trying to create. Moreover, you didn't specifically specify which group of engineers you're trying to create opportunities for. I don't even want to go in a right or wrong type of frame, because it doesn't matter, but my lack of eloquence might give that impression.
What I am implying is that the statement is a bit broad. On a more emotional (perhaps even non-rational) note: I feel spoken to yet left out, for years now.
At the very least, a couple of U.S. companies with remote positions that claimed to be U.S. only (or "work authorization required?"), reached out to me.
But I think some companies select U.S. only because Americans tend forget about other countries where people may be in the same time zone.
It's possible German companies are reluctant to engage with a Swiss person because German salaries are lower than what I understand Swiss salaries to be (German CoL is also much lower though)