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swarnie

After bending over backwards for US media companies in the 2000s they thought it went both ways, turns out it doesn't.

Oh well, the uncensored web from my NL VPN still looks the same.

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NL VPNs will bend the knee to EU regulation

One click its Algeria, or Singapore, or Canada.

We can move much faster then they can legislate.

First they came for the websites but I used vpns

Then they came for vpn clients but I used free software

Then they came for the payment methods but I used bitcoin

Then they blocked UDP at the isp but I used satelites doe linked elsewhere

Then they just came for me but nobody cared as nobody else was affected

I mean, IP meant a lot more in 2006 than in it does now in 2026. The IP economy has basically died, so of course IP/Data based trade deals no longer make sense.

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