Comment on Pornhub, YouPorn, and Redtube and other content sharing platforms will block New users in the UK starting next week(February 2)

• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  China doesn’t even really allow VPNs at all, yet some people can still go over the wall.

  If it’s just “age restriction”, I’m sure there will suddenly be a lot of grandpa/grandmas buying VPNs¹

  ¹When China tried to restrict online video games, kids just used their grandparents IDs for verification lmfao

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  • timwa@lemmy.snowgoons.ro ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    China’s VPN blocking is actually very, very effective, and the vast majority of people don’t go around it.

    And that’s kinda the point - the controls don’t have to be 100%, they just have to cover the majority. And for the few that do circumvent - well, that’s just one more easy crime for the authorities to charge you with if they ever feel the need.

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      the vast majority of people don’t go around it

      That’s also a language barrier thing.

      Exhibit A: My parents are in US and they just be using wechat all the time even without the firewall.

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• r8KNzcU8TzCroexsE2xbWC@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  So I guess no more internships at companies with more than one office.

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