Ask HN: What prevents a company from hiring remote employees internationally?

I’ve been looking at remote opportunities and realized that a huge portion of companies hiring remotely requires you to be in certain regions (US, EMEA, APAC) — fully international remote is rare. Personally, I’m interested in “remote ok” startups (YC-backed & otherwise) but I’m outside of their specified regions and hesitant to reach out because of that. It’s puzzling to […]