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It would be interesting to see someone try to use the Internet while blocking all American IPs
by squigz 1y ago
It would be interesting to see someone try to use the Internet while blocking all American IPs
- phendrenad2 1y agoYou mean like the entire country of China?
- ronsor 1y agoChina has local bootlegs, err... alternatives. Most countries don't have that.
- int_19h 1y agoRussia also has such alternatives. Turns out that they aren't all that hard to develop once the original is unavailable, since lock-in is the main barrier to entry. In this sense, sanctions can sometimes have the opposite effect - by removing the established players from the market, they create opportunities for locals to fill the niches, making the country more self-sufficient in the long run, and thus harder to influence.