Google Cloud blocks access from Iran and some other countries. about omnivore HOT 5 OPEN

Changing the hosting provider from google cloud is an option of course, but I understand how it is not very crucial (in a financial and effort perspective) to change the provider just because of a minority of countries. Just this issue gaining attention is very important. Most people around the world might not think about how being blocked from a big portion of the internet can effect our lives.

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Hi @alirezaalavi87 we don't explicitly restrict access to anyone, however Google Cloud our hosting provider does block access.

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There isn't a lot of info on this posted by Google, but some info here: https://support.google.com/a/answer/2891389?hl=en

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We can't protest Google of course, They will be always evil. So protesting the next closest link in the chain (which in this case is the omnivore app) is the solution. I know maintaining an opensource app is hard and costly but issues like this must be taken seriously.

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OK, well do you have a proposed action here?

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