I agree. Metaverse of 2021 reminds me so much of the "information superhighway" of the 1990s.
Edit: Found an article about it. Actually in 1993-4 https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1993-06-19-93061...
> Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in your country. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to your market. We continue to identify technical compliance solutions that will provide all readers with our award-winning journalism.
Perhaps a less verbose and more honest version would be:
“Sorry. GDPR. So…. Nope.”
:)