Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps by Ahmadiyya Muslims

Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps... by passivate on Friday February 05, 2021 @05:29PM (#26042024)

I don't think its an order of magnitude. Blocking CDNs that host APKs and P2P traffic is fairly easy to implement. Most firewalls will let you do this. The more wide-scale you want to deploy your app, the easier it will be to detect (more asymmetry) and block the hosting source.

Anyway, we're far far away from the main point now. I believe the best approach to the problem is solving it bottom-up rather than top-down. Practically speak as well, its going to be seen as a US company forcing "western morals" on a developing country.

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Re:Google, Apple cave to Pakistan pressure to take down apps... by ClumsyPilot on Friday February 05, 2021 @10:42PM (#26043920)

Telegram is 'blocked' in Russia, yet you can still get the APK, you can install it, it works, torrents work, etc. It's crazy popular.

The action you describe were tried anf they broke half the internet, and were backpedalled.

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