The people you're referring to also thought they live in a vacuum. Save your comment and revisit it in 10 years. I don't know if that war taught you anything, but you either care about the government of a large country isolating its populace today, or you're inevitably going to care about it tomorrow. Yes, indirectly it's your business as well.

Most Russians have been boiled frogs for the last several centuries by that end

Everyone opposing the government either ends up falling from a hotel, or ends up in siberia, so you can’t blame the Russian people from being careful. At the same time, plenty people in the US are prepared to be boiled by trump…

It doesn’t seem fair to blame the populace that has been misinformed by their government. VPNs have been one of the best ways to hear external points of view and get more accurate information. How are they supposed to escape the boil and improve their lot if the government puts a lid on the pot and locks it? The VPN might be the only chance for them to know what’s actually happening in Ukraine and gain any sympathy.

And don’t be too quick to assume more authoritarian government isn’t coming for you. The more successful they are at this, the more likely it is to spread. I’m nervous because our water is definitely getting warmer in the US, and our next regime change might love to follow Russia and China’s examples on crowd control.

Just to give you some perspective:

This also applies to the parts of Ukraine that Russia has occupied.

> do i care that your vpn connection is broken by your oppressive goverment

Do you realize that the government restricting access to alternative media sources even more will result in fewer and fewer people in russia opposing the status quo?

Unfortunately YouTube is still accessible in russia. They know that blocking it will upset a lot of people.

Option 1: Take to the streets, topple the oppressive government

Option 2: Take to the internet, kvetch about the oppressive goverment with no real action