IT Courses in English recorded by Non-Native Americans

Is it true that Americans don't buy IT courses (self-study) recorded by foreigners? They prefer native English-speaking courses and don't like (or don't buy) Europeans, Indians or Australians, right?
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you can be from Canada, U.S., or Mexico... all would make you AMERICAN.
There's still plenty of folks who only care about the quality of the content.
North American is someone from the continent of North America. Canadian and American and Mexican.....
Regardless, IMHO, I don't mind accents as much as content.
Stephane Maarek on Udemy has bestseller courses for AWS and speaks with a European accent.
Another guy on Cybrary is from Venezuela and has a good course on GRC/OSINT/SOC analyst while speaking with a rather heavy hispanic accent.
No bother to me! it's about the content!
No.
If you are from the Americas... then nothing wrong with identifying as American.
If you are from Europe... then nothing wrong with identifying as European.
Same goes for Asia.
Same goes for Africa.
Same goes for Austraila.
It's silly to accept the notion that one country can own the naming rights for an entire continent.
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The United States of America is abbreviated as either "The United States" or "America." In Spanish, the terms for someone from the US are "Estadounidense" and "Americano," each emphasizing a different aspect of the full, official name of the USA, and yet both referring to the same citizenship. But in English, the only term for a citizen of the US is "American," similar to to a citizen of Canada being a Canadian, a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany being a German (rather than a Federal Republican), and a citizen of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka being a Sri Lankan (rather than a Democratic Socialist Republican). Perhaps most relevant is this: Mexico's official name is "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" (United States of Mexico or United Mexican States). And yet we call people from the United States of Mexico "Mexicans" (by the way, this is the example that was a turning point in my use of the term "American" many years ago).
If we're being descriptive and not prescriptive, while "American" can refer to an inhabitant of either North or South America, it most commonly refers to a citizen of the US, while "North American" or "South American" is more often used to refer to an inhabitant of one of those continents (speaking from personal experience having lived in the US, Mexico, Argentina, Senegal, and Costa Rica, as well as from academic training in linguistics). And in the Americas, when speaking of a person's identity, their country of origin or citizenship is much more emphasized in than their continent of inhabitance . I realize that Europe may be different - I have not yet had the privilege of visiting that continent, so my experience in that realm is limited to contact with European relative and friends. Perhaps the question is more one of citizenship vs inhabitance.
Having said all that, titling this thread, "IT Courses in English Recorded by Non-Native English Speakers" would probably have been more to the point.
I appreciate the friendly discussion, all around.
You know...
perhaps the better question... is to wonder WHY people think this "common" way, in the first place?
Or, to make my point in a different way:
Here in the U.S.... most people commonly call the original natives (and their descendents) "indians".
But, if you've ever thought about it.... i'm sure you've realized how Absurd that is.
"Indians"..... come from INDIA.
There is NOTHING "indian" about the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas
(aka, Native Americans).
Just because Columbus got lost & thought he landed in INDIA... doesn't somehow change a People's identity.
And yet, five centuries later... here we are.
I care less of what is "common"....
I care more of what is Correct.
Having said all that, titling this thread, "IT Courses in English Recorded by Non-Native English Speakers" would probably have been more to the point