I think the idea is that any VPN that doesn’t comply gets IP blocked. But that’s obviously a cat and mouse game since VPN services are a dime a dozen and you can always rent a VPS and tunnel to a respectable VPN through it.
Not necessarily, sure the average person will have a much harder time, but inevitably, word of mouth networks form and people quickly share which VPN isn’t currently caught by the blocks. That’s how it is in mainland China, and they have very strict DPI going on so the word of mouth workarounds are like “use this shadowsocks provider” etc
How could you enforce that? Just get a VPN outside the country.
I think the idea is that any VPN that doesn’t comply gets IP blocked. But that’s obviously a cat and mouse game since VPN services are a dime a dozen and you can always rent a VPS and tunnel to a respectable VPN through it.
It’s more like mouse and bazooka: you might hit the mouse, but you’ll destroy your whole house at the same time.
Also all of this assumes we’re in a purely ipv4 paradigm. IPv6 has essentially infinite direct addresses that can be used.
That is probably true but the average person won’t be able to get past the stage finding a non-IP-blocked VPN.
Not necessarily, sure the average person will have a much harder time, but inevitably, word of mouth networks form and people quickly share which VPN isn’t currently caught by the blocks. That’s how it is in mainland China, and they have very strict DPI going on so the word of mouth workarounds are like “use this shadowsocks provider” etc
Especially with Mullvad and cash payment.