A couple things to note here. Youtube is blocked, but Google Search or Gmail or not.
Secondly, this is not a question of they block our services, so we block their services. In both cases, it is Iranians who lose access to services.
If anything, it highlights the hypocrisy of pretending to care about Iranian freedom.
Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
by monkeybutton on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:35AM
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Since you know that Google search isn't blocked in Iran, can you tell me if there are any ads displayed in the results? It's something I've been curious about for a while.
Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
by SpicyLemonZest on Sunday October 25, 2020 @10:24AM
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Interesting, you seem to be right. I don't know how I managed to read the news about Gmail being blocked but miss that it was unblocked like a week later.
So while I share the skepticism expressed upthread that blocking websites is effective diplomacy, it's hard for me to look at the situation and see a one-sided problem.