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They obviously could, but these days everybody uses CDNs and shared resources so they'd probably end up blocking a lot more than just this app. For instance th
by simias 5y ago
They obviously could, but these days everybody uses CDNs and shared resources so they'd probably end up blocking a lot more than just this app.
For instance the app could well function completely offline if it embedded the list of candidates it supports, it which case they'd have to block all requests to the Google Play Store which would be rather heavy handed and unpopular.
- banana_giraffe 5y agoI'm sure this was the easiest path this time. They have in the past blocked large swaths of AWS to block this app: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16859299 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16859299