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Qt blocks Russian IP addresses for paying customers

23 points by alexeiz 5y ago

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Zerverus 5y ago
Good. Russian is not a legitimate part of the world community anymore.
- ttybird2 5y ago
  Can't wait for them to block America next.
suifbwish 5y ago
A lot of admins I know blocked Russian IP ranges a long time ago on all their servers.
- spoiler 5y ago
  Ah, a competitor on one of my previous jobs (large European web hosting provider) did that. That was one of the reasons a lot of theirs customers came to us, becaus they couldn't do business with Russian clients. I think we had better systems in place to mitigate spam and hacking than they did so we didn't have to take blaket actions like that, but a lot of it did come from Russia (not the majority tho).
Arnt 5y ago
Minor, possibly relevant fact: The company was started by conscientous objectors, and we set a policy to not market towards the weapon industry. We decided that we'd accept orders from anyone and answer support mail, but not do anything at all to attract any army-related business. If someone were to send us a request for a quote, we'd answer the direct question but not even ask back later to check the status of the purchase process. And we'd do this quietly, because it's a matter of ethical everyday behaviour, not of marketing or grandstanding. The policy was still in force some years after I left. (We acted on our own beliefs. I notice that someone else here thinks they ought to block America, and posting on HN shows that he/she is not acting on his/her own beliefs.)
- ttybird2 5y ago
  "I notice that someone else here thinks they ought to block America, and posting on HN shows that he/she is not acting on his/her own beliefs." Since this is a shot against what I said I will reply. I am firmly against blocking people on the basis of the country that they live in, which is why I believe that I am acting on my own beliefs. My other post where I say "Can't wait for them to block America next" was to show their hypocrisy. After all America has been the worst warmonger on earth. "We decided that we'd accept orders from anyone and answer support mail, but not do anything at all to attract any army-related business" It seems that they abandoned that principle, given that they decided to stop accepting orders and letting people download Qt on the basis of the country that they live in.

23 points by alexeiz 5y ago

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Zerverus 5y ago

Good. Russian is not a legitimate part of the world community anymore.

ttybird2 5y ago
Can't wait for them to block America next.

suifbwish 5y ago

A lot of admins I know blocked Russian IP ranges a long time ago on all their servers.

spoiler 5y ago
Ah, a competitor on one of my previous jobs (large European web hosting provider) did that. That was one of the reasons a lot of theirs customers came to us, becaus they couldn't do business with Russian clients. I think we had better systems in place to mitigate spam and hacking than they did so we didn't have to take blaket actions like that, but a lot of it did come from Russia (not the majority tho).

Arnt 5y ago

Minor, possibly relevant fact: The company was started by conscientous objectors, and we set a policy to not market towards the weapon industry. We decided that we'd accept orders from anyone and answer support mail, but not do anything at all to attract any army-related business. If someone were to send us a request for a quote, we'd answer the direct question but not even ask back later to check the status of the purchase process. And we'd do this quietly, because it's a matter of ethical everyday behaviour, not of marketing or grandstanding. The policy was still in force some years after I left. (We acted on our own beliefs. I notice that someone else here thinks they ought to block America, and posting on HN shows that he/she is not acting on his/her own beliefs.)

ttybird2 5y ago
"I notice that someone else here thinks they ought to block America, and posting on HN shows that he/she is not acting on his/her own beliefs." Since this is a shot against what I said I will reply. I am firmly against blocking people on the basis of the country that they live in, which is why I believe that I am acting on my own beliefs. My other post where I say "Can't wait for them to block America next" was to show their hypocrisy. After all America has been the worst warmonger on earth. "We decided that we'd accept orders from anyone and answer support mail, but not do anything at all to attract any army-related business" It seems that they abandoned that principle, given that they decided to stop accepting orders and letting people download Qt on the basis of the country that they live in.