Originally Posted by
lowkey
The fair is the thing that comes to town once a year. They have poorly maintained rides, rigged games, artery clogging junk food-like substances, and herpes ridden carnies lording over it all. It's a lot of fun.
SE is a business. They make decisions like this based on what's best for their bottom line. What's best for their bottom line in this case is avoiding irritating their largest subscriber base, as much as possible. Sucks to be in the US during maintenance, and sucks even more to be in Europe, but that's just how it's always worked, and always will work.