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Today Microsoft Banned My Country Iran from Minecraft

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Re: Today Microsoft Banned My Country Iran from Minecraft

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Post by Alupis »

Maken wrote: post #84
Alupis wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are plenty of Iranians alive today that were around before the current Iranian government. Iranian youth are also much more "aware" of global politics than any generation before them... I think it's difficult for most Iranians to not be aware of their government's decisions and actions around the globe... Besides - what alternative would you propose? Just pretend everything is ok and business as usual? Bomb the…

By that same rule, they are also aware of other governments' decisions and actions around the globe. Concretely, the Reddit user is clearly aware of why this is happening and is blaming the USA government, not his.

Sure - but it would be ridiculous to expect the world to continue business as usual with a nation that has dedicated the past few decades to being as big of a nuisance as possible.

Given our administration's current views on Iran, and the Obama administration's similar views, it would have been trivial for Iran to be welcomed back into the international community.

Yet... they once again chose the opposite. So, today, that means no more Minecraft. Perhaps one day the population of Iran will have had enough of their government and make changes.

Re: Today Microsoft Banned My Country Iran from Minecraft

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Post by amusingimpala75 »

Just to clarify, no it isn’t theft. For most games and software that cost money, you never really buy it, but rather you’re buying a license to use it, with strings attached for rules on the possibility of being banned, of which there is usually some vague, overarching “if the company feels like it” or “if the government asks us to” clause.

Not saying that this is the way it should be, but at least read the ToS before agreeing to it.

Re: Today Microsoft Banned My Country Iran from Minecraft

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Post by pb7 »

michelsedgh wrote: post #92

Instead of actually doing anything serious about the regime, they have chosen to do meaningless stuff that only strengthens the military dictatorship regime. I wonder what kickbacks the politicians get from literally helping them.

Microsoft does this because of sanctions, not because the dictatorship is paying them off.

Re: Today Microsoft Banned My Country Iran from Minecraft

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Post by cutemonster »

nashashmi wrote: post #67
Johnssmithss wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Selling stuff to dictatorships is bad, even if you make money from it.

I dont think we have a policy of sanctioning dictatorships. Dictators in Saudi Arabia too. And Iran is not a dictatorship. (Surprised?)

It's a dictatorship.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme_Leader_of_Iran

Re: Today Microsoft Banned My Country Iran from Minecraft

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Post by olliej »

crowcroft wrote: post #80
ok123456 wrote: post #74

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So, we're going to stop selling weapons to Israel?

Could you expand on this, my understanding was that Israel held relatively free and fair elections.

Yes, just like apartheid SA had free and fair elections.

Palestinians have no rights in their homeland, Israel invaded it and every time they take more land they simply claim the original occupants aren’t part of the country their home is/was in.

Re: Today Microsoft Banned My Country Iran from Minecraft

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Post by willismichael »

thriftwy wrote: post #52
willismichael wrote: post #35

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I had my children playing one of the open source Minecraft clones for a few years, but after they saw all their friends playing Minecraft, they wanted the "real thing". It's not exactly the same game, and don't discount the value of shared experience with other people. Minecraft is as much about the community that you play with, and it's hard to get people to play an open source clone that sits in this uncanny valley…

The obvious answer is that either you eat it up and build an Iranian community based on the OSS thing, or use a VPN and conceal your connection to Iran. This is the way.

Well, sure, that's the HN answer, and that's what I would do, but not everybody is as technically inclined to just jump in and build their own thing.

Re: Today Microsoft Banned My Country Iran from Minecraft

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Post by skhunted »

segasaturn wrote: post #83
Johnssmithss wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Selling stuff to dictatorships is bad, even if you make money from it.

The U.S. President fist-bumped with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia last year... I don't think authoritarianism is at issue here.

The U.S. funded and actively supported Saddam. We don’t mind trading with and funding dictators so long as they are our dictator. That said, the IRGC deserves to be eliminated and it is OK to sanction Iran.

The petty dictatorships are forming their own trading club: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea.

Re: Today Microsoft Banned My Country Iran from Minecraft

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Post by upget_tiding »

crowcroft wrote: post #80
ok123456 wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, we're going to stop selling weapons to Israel?

Could you expand on this, my understanding was that Israel held relatively free and fair elections.

The Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip which Israel has controlled since 1967 are not allowed to vote in these elections.
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