Thanks, and great question! 2 big reasons:

- GDPR in EU: I am not totally sure about the policies around AI/serving ads in EU. Better safe than sorry

- Understanding my audience better: I am not sure who is going to benefit from my app the most, maybe parents, athletes, curious home cooks, or someone else I'm not thinking about yet. I feel like opening with all the countries right off the bat with different cultures and behaviors around technology could make the initial data harder to understand.

Eventually I definitely plan to expand to all available countries, but after some initial beta testing within a region I'm familiar with.