"right now I could put some stuff not liked by Russian or Chinese government (maybe entire website) and give a direct s3 link to https:// https:// s3 .amazonaws

"right now I could put some stuff not liked by Russian or Chinese government (maybe entire website) and give a direct s3 link to https:// https:// s3 .amazonaws.com/mywebsite/index.html. Because it's https — there is no way man in the middle knows what people read on s3.amazonaws.com." Chinese government will just ban the whole s3.amazonaws.com domain. Same as facebook.com, youtube.com, google.com, gmail.com, wikipedia... However letting them banning sub-domains will actually make S3 a useable service in China. It's a huge step forward.