Comment Geoblocking (Score 2) 57
"Geoblocking" is just a tech-specific euphemism for "muzzling content we don't want you to see."
As such, it is entirely disrespectful, specifically in that it attempts to deny people the ability to make their own choices. It is a direct manifestation of "we know better than you what you should be able to see, read, listen to, and use."
This is about personal agency. Part of that WRT to network access is -- should be -- the choice to implement boundaries of your own using the appropriate tools. Of which there are many, ranging from user-friendly whitelists and blacklists to keeping your hosts file updated (highly recommended, btw... great for killing advertisers, too.) And of course, there's always "I'll just click away from here", an actual sane adult choice.
The one upside is that in some cases, this kind of top-down systemic oppression will just make people learn about secure proxies faster.