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If China would threaten to ban iPhones, surely Apple will block websites. The difference is that governments can block websites without Apple approval. But gov
by vbezhenar 6y ago
If China would threaten to ban iPhones, surely Apple will block websites.
The difference is that governments can block websites without Apple approval. But governments can't block app content without blocking the entire AppStore, so they have to reach Apple.
- marketingPro 6y agoThis isn't how technology works. I feel weird saying something so obvious to me but- Servers/databases have IP addresses that can be blocked just as easy to stop and App.
- jimam 6y agoWell, in the case of Telegram they've already tried pretty hard with the servers and databases route (hasn't worked).
- m-p-3 6y agoAnd most servers nowadays are behind CDNs, so blocking an IP might block more than you actually wanted. And with eSNI being pushed, that might become even more difficult to effectively filter a specific service.
- vbezhenar 6y agoTelegram uses advanced techniques to avoid blocking. You can't just block few IP addresses and call it a day. AFAIK Telegram servers deliver IP addresses of proxy servers via silent Apple Push Notification. Censors have no way of blocking or intercepting those messages. They can only block Apple servers thus disrupting the entire Apple ecosystem from work.
- angry_octet 6y agoThat really isn't an advanced technique, that's just hiding behind Apple's skirts. The govt is no doubt quite willing to block Apple notifications, and Apple is obviously willing and able to kick apps from its notifications platform. Russia for example is blocking all ESNI traffic... You either downgrade or get blocked. Which makes the big services shutdown of domain fronting so inexcusable, just kowtowing to China and every other regime.