[kgersen]

it's already split for the average users (>90% of total users)

Some countries (like France for instance) impose DNS censorship on ISP to block some domains.

[unionpivo]

Sure France and other countries block domains, in US DOJ just takes them ower (the domains). Most countries will, if push comes to show, find a way to "block" something they don't like and think they can politically get away with.

And I think that there is a good reason for ability for doing that to be there. Some countries will abuse that however.

  [1]https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/federal-courts-order-seizure-three-website-domains-involved-distributing-pirated-android-cell
  [2]https://edition.cnn.com/2018/05/24/politics/doj-botnet-takedown-malware-russia-hackers/index.html

There are other examples goolgle search away

[linschn]

This censorship is so easily circumvented that it's laughable. Firefox's dns over https or 'echo 8.8.8.8 > /etc/resolv.conf' will do.

[bpoyner]

I think you mean 'echo nameserver 8.8.8.8 > /etc/resolv.conf'

[Qwertious]

"C:\ doesn't have an etc folder"

~Most people.

The problem here isn't any one person circumventing the 'censorship', it's influencing mass movements to prevent mass data-grabbing. If every tech-savvy Linux user uses TikTok, it's probably not that big of a deal as it's less than one percent of the population (and arguably the group most well-equipped to deal with the potential spying).

[xaqfox]

Technically it does. It should be in c:\windows\system32\drivers