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Google blocks access to these sites in Africa
Hi guys !
I'm going to raise a problem and I hope you can give me an answer to it. Google recently released a new IDE like VS Code but only available via the web. I can't access the site via my location. I am located in Cameroon. When I enter the url on the browser it shows me the error "site inaccessible" but when I use a VPN and I go outside Africa the site is displayed normally.
The site link is http://idx.google.com. But this is not the only Google domain that is unavailable in Africa. We also have: http://dl.google.com, http://play.google.com, http://developers.google.com. As far as I have noticed so far. Why does Google block some of these domains in Africa?
- alias_neo 2y agoI don't have the answer to your question, but, are you sure it's Google blocking itself in your country? I'm sure it's not the entirety of Africa as I've accessed Google services in other African countries. More likely, your government has blocked the Google services; a tell tail sign might be whether or not the page that tells you it's unavailable is a Google page or not. Does it have Google branding, perhaps a notice from Google to say that they've blocked it and why?
- emmanuel_mbang 2y agoThe page that tells me unavailable is a Google page. And regarding blocked Google sites, this works without a VPN at times. But most of the time it is unavailable on my page (Cameroon)
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