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Indonesia bans access to Steam, Epic Games, PayPal, and more

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6 points by jonathanlei 3 years ago · 5 comments

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IndigoIncognito 3 years ago

From what i've seen on twitter, the Indonesian government has blocked it on a DNS level and not a Network/ ISP level, very weird

  • coldtea 3 years ago

    Not really weird, DNS-level blocking is quite common (also easy to bypass, sure)

    • IndigoIncognito 3 years ago

      But if the whole point of blocking something is to "stop people from using it" why would they use the easiest method of blocking to bypass

      • Ekaros 3 years ago

        Goal isn't to block citizens, but force hand of these companies to follow new regulations.

        In that sense it is cheap and proven tool. For average consumer bypassing block isn't common. Thus force these companies to keep average consumers they will bend or leave.

        • IndigoIncognito 3 years ago

          Yea my bad, I was just going by "Logic", without looking for any context etc, typical chronic internet user here

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