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Who cares if nobody can work, the important is that those illegal streams are blocked

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[–] spiderman@ani.social 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

nahh we would rather use vpn. i have been using vpn for github ever since they have blocked raw github user content.

[–] naeap@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So... What's the purpose of the ban then?
Is this but just totally stupid and implemented completely useless, because people in power can't grasp what they are deciding on?

[–] ToxicWaste@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That is why IP/DNS blocks should only be deployed to protect the end-user. Never to enforce some kind of law...

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

And let people disable it if they don't want to be protected/babied.

[–] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago