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EA Blocks 'Origin' Access In Six Countries, Citing US Embargoes (pcgamer.com)
An anonymous reader writes: "In compliance with US embargoes and sanctions laws, Origin is not available in Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Ukraine (Crimea region)," a community manager from EA posted in September. Engadget calls it "a reminder of the risks you take when buying copy-protected game downloads... Even if you started your account elsewhere, you aren't allowed to either visit the Origin store or use any of your purchased games."
Sunday an employee at EA's Origin game store commented "This isn't an EA-specific issue -- it's an issue that impacts all companies offering services that are covered by trade embargoes." But since the U.S. lifted sanctions on Myanmar in September, EA "is internally reviewing the situation... It's unclear to me whether we can do anything for residents of other countries that are still similarly embargoed, but I'll bring the topic up for discussion internally."
Sunday an employee at EA's Origin game store commented "This isn't an EA-specific issue -- it's an issue that impacts all companies offering services that are covered by trade embargoes." But since the U.S. lifted sanctions on Myanmar in September, EA "is internally reviewing the situation... It's unclear to me whether we can do anything for residents of other countries that are still similarly embargoed, but I'll bring the topic up for discussion internally."
Those areas are so repressive that they almost certainly already block Origin.
Being repressed for political purposes sucks ass. However, this is a truly complex and nuanced type of issue. There are many reasons for repression and loss of freedoms. In particular, have you taken the time to consider: COONS! JIGABOOS! PORCH MONKIES! N1GGERS! DARKIES! MOON CRICKETS! YARD APES! USELESS SACKS OF SHIT!
Like sardines that lay many thousands of eggs at once, knowing most fry will be eaten, the American n1gger is amazingly fertile, able to crank out at least seven niglets during a n1gger hoe's childbearing years. This is an evolutionary development caused by the astonishing rate at which n1ggers kill each other, far far greater than the worst deeds of racist whites. It illustrates the way that organisms adapt to environmental conditions and highlights how amazingly adaptable we really are.
Fuck off with that. You fancy Russian rule?
"Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked."; ~ Donald J. Trump
Fuck off with that. You fancy Russian rule?
Our ass-hole of unelected primary minister here in Sweden can't even say that Saudi-Arabia is an undemocratic unequal inhumane non-free terrorist-supporting unprogressive barbaric hell-hole of a dictatorship, or even just ONE of those words because he's so afraid to stuck a label onto someone else at-least as long as they are Muslim because this i Sweden of political correctness and Marxist extremism including feminism and anti-white anti-racism, if it were Russia, Poland, Hungary, Austria, GB or Denmark and occasionally the US if we don't have a desperate need to lick ass it could had happen but of course not the conservatist non-free hell-holes in the middle-east or Africa because calling them out for it would almost be like doing what Hitler did!!
Of course Saudi-Arabia is pretty equal to us! Just different! Though of course soon enough we will be more equal with all the fucking Muslims they bring here and with that Islam, Islamization and Muslim harassment of everything non-Islamic and non-Muslim.
Yeah. Try to tell a woman she can't be hired for a job as a taxi driver in Sweden and see how that work politically ...
Or that no Mosques and Muslim propaganda should be allowed.
Or that homosexuals should be killed or whatever. See how far that gets you here!
But I guess the ideological values are just national? As the little authoritarian socialist national fascist dictator (Stefan Löfven) wants it? Can't really have values and believe in them just as is without a nation? Saudi-Arabia should have theirs whatever it is and all Swedes should have his whatever that is because he's the ruler of the nation after all?! It's such a fucking joke. Traitors of the people should be dealt with - capital punishment is fine in Saudi-Arabia you say?