SoundCloud User Locked Out After VPN Ban in Restricted Country
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Summary
A long-time SoundCloud user expresses frustration after being locked out of the platform due to VPN blocking. The user, who lives in a country where SoundCloud is blocked, has relied on VPNs for over 10 years to access music and now finds themselves completely cut off from content that has been part of their life for a decade. The article highlights the double barrier of internet censorship: first by their country blocking the platform, and then by SoundCloud blocking VPN access, questioning what "internet freedom" means for users in restricted regions.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledI've used SoundCloud for over 10 years. In my country it's blocked, so a VPN isn't a choice, it's the only way to access music at all.
I'm not a bot, not scraping, not abusing anything. I just want to listen to music that's been part of my life for a decade.
This is what 'internet freedom' looks like for many of us: blocked by our country, then blocked again by the platform.
Being cut off from that because of where I live feels unfair and exhausting.
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