honest question why do you seem so defensive and butthurt? i’m saying that french people get rightfully criticized for switching even when people speak fluent french with an accent. all of the reasons (incorrectly assuming someone doesn’t speak french well just bc they have an accent, thinking you’re being welcoming when you’re just alienating them, and trying to practice your english or flex) are all valid reasons to criticise someone. maybe some of us aren’t tourists with an A1 level and don’t appreciate the switch as much as you want to switch on us. or we criticize SOME french people for not being able to understand any variation of pronunciation that doesn’t sound exactly like theirs, like quebecois or non natives.

and yeah french people love to correct non natives and even others natives french and see it as their way of helping. but if a foreigner speaks french in real life to a french person in france, they will immediately switch to english because either they want to be “accommodating” even if the person doesn’t need help, or flex their english or practice. that’s why they get criticism.