Three or four years ago I helped investigate application usage from embargoed countries as part of an acquisition. The acquirer was performing due diligence, an

Three or four years ago I helped investigate application usage from embargoed countries as part of an acquisition. The acquirer was performing due diligence, and this was a liability they needed to assess. So, to answer your question, I doubt anything serious changed outside of Slack. Inside, however, maybe they got a new legal team that flagged this as a liability, or they're getting serious about compliance, or they're preparing for an IPO[1], or whatever... [1] https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/07/slack-has-hired-goldman-sachs-for-2019-ipo.html https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/07/slack-has-hired-goldman-sach...