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I don't think banning an entire protocol would go over nearly as well as you'd think. If it's legal to ban usenet, then that'll get translated into banning enc

I don't think banning an entire protocol would go over nearly as well as you'd think. If it's legal to ban usenet, then that'll get translated into banning encryption eventually. Right? It's a slippery slope at the very least.

NoMoreNicksLeft 3y ago
Doesn't have to go over well. Just has to be effective. China does such shit, and maybe people there silently grumble. At least until the next grimace recognition software update starts dinging their social credit score. Banning a protocol that is 100% used only for piracy will have not nearly enough sympathy among the public or the government for the solution to remain unimplemented. The only thing protecting it is that it's such a shitty protocol and so completely paywalled that most people don't want to use it. Should that ever change...