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by mkdirp 1578 days ago
Because countries living in an isolated internet has worked out so well historical. Look at North Korea. It's a utopia. The population oh so loves living there. They definitely do not want to leave.

If it's unclear, that's a ball of sarcasm.

> I'm just speculating here, but what if say Microsoft sent a Russia-wide update that wipes all data and kills Windows?

Besides this being quite unethical because that, again, would affect the common folk, many of whom are against this war, it's a temporary measure. That is, assuming their systems aren't mostly Linux/BSD based.