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Re:Apple removed all VK and Mail.ru applications from the Ap... by ImprobableTruth on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @11:28AM (#32996604)
Yeah, I think this unfortunately heralds the end for the international internet. If you're not a core US ally, being heavily dependent on US services is now a risk, so I imagine we'll see a wave of states moving to develop their own like China did.
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Re:Apple removed all VK and Mail.ru applications from the Ap... by kube-system on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @11:46AM (#32996893)
This is the end of the international internet? 20-25% of internet users have been behind behind a firewall for decades that cuts them off from huge parts of the internet.

The internationality of the internet has always been inversely proportional to its accessibility to the masses.

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Re:Apple removed all VK and Mail.ru applications from the Ap... by im3w1l on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:41PM (#32999331)
Developing your own might be too expensive. I think it could happen that the internet will divide like IRL, roughly into blocks.
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