Comment on Important News - Geoblocking of the UK

• Demigodrick@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  All done in nginx with geoip2. This should mean federation traffic is still allowed. The side effect of that is apps are allowed too.

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  • swizzlestick@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    lemmy.ca notes that 87% of their traffic is mobile as of their census in 2023, with the lion’s share coming from apps rather than mobile browsers (that would be blocked).

    If we have a similar split here, not handling app traffic would undermine the original purpose of the geoblock. “Use an app” is a much lower bar than “Use a VPN” in terms of accessibility.

    Only you know the figures though :)

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    • Demigodrick@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s a valid point - I’ll mull over it. I’m not sure ofcom are going to download an app, but I guess we’ll have to see what they actually do end up enforcing. As long as it doesn’t break federation, then it’s a simple removal of allowing api access to the uk users which would stop apps.

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      • swizzlestick@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I’m not sure ofcom are going to download an app

        Also a valid point 😂

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