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minus-squaremarine_mustang@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·7 hours agoTotally unenforceable. You going to prevent people from downloading open-source, noncompliant Linux from Asia or Europe? Good luck.
minus-squarechunes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 hours agoThey can certainly try. I don’t put it past them to create a great firewall. I don’t envy whoever has to maintain those blacklists though.
minus-squaremagic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIll throw my data on an offshore vps, load my lappy up with a dummy normal looking win 11 install, and drive my ass across to Canada if it keeps getting worse. Fuck that.
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours ago You going to prevent people from downloading open-source, noncompliant Linux from Asia or Europe? That’s the real plan, I suspect.
Totally unenforceable. You going to prevent people from downloading open-source, noncompliant Linux from Asia or Europe? Good luck.
They can certainly try. I don’t put it past them to create a great firewall. I don’t envy whoever has to maintain those blacklists though.
Ill throw my data on an offshore vps, load my lappy up with a dummy normal looking win 11 install, and drive my ass across to Canada if it keeps getting worse.
Fuck that.
That’s the real plan, I suspect.