Vietnam ban access to Steam

[BakTheSloth]

Just in today, all internet providers decisively block access to Steam launcher and web.

[HikariLight]

Something to remember is that Steam has to follow the laws of the region if they wish to operate in the region.
If the government has done something that Steam refuses to agree with, then Steam will not operate in the region.

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Nguyên văn bởi SwordGaming:

Everyone try changing your DNS to 1.1.1.1. it worked for me

Would the latency be high if you change DNS ? not tech savvy sorry

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Nguyên văn bởi ꑭHorusꑭ 𓂀 Disciple of:

If anybody here wants to know, here's the link to the rag-piece that laid the ground work: https://vietnamnet.vn/nen-tang-steam-phat-hanh-game-khong-phep-vao-viet-nam-2271136.html

TLDR: the online game monopolies of Vietnam complains that they can't extort the market share our Lord and Savior Gabe Newell rightfully earned. So they wanted to brand him and Steam as illegal platforms. Now they have just gone ahead and blocked the platform in Vietnam, forcing users to tinker a bit with their DNS to bypass.

Here's the community reaction from real Vietnamese:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TroChuyenLinhTinh/comments/1casyi8/nền_tảng_steam_phát_hành_hơn_100000_game_không/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

https://www.reddit.com/r/TroChuyenLinhTinh/comments/1cm95g5/steam_bị_chặn_tại_việt_nam/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

This MIGHT be the reason, but there is still nothing official

[SwordGaming]

Nguyên văn bởi So uh, unlink your PSN acc ?:

Nguyên văn bởi SwordGaming:

Everyone try changing your DNS to 1.1.1.1. it worked for me

Would the latency be high if you change DNS ? not tech savvy sorry

Idk but it restored the store page for me for now

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Nguyên văn bởi HikariLight:

Something to remember is that Steam has to follow the laws of the region if they wish to operate in the region.
If the government has done something that Steam refuses to agree with, then Steam will not operate in the region.

In this case Steam probably wont give a flying ♥♥♥♥ and just cut off VN
Lord Gaben didnt give any ♥♥♥♥ either when China ban Steam years ago

If the block is real then 'Nam gamers are doomed
Itd be over

[Anubis]

Nguyên văn bởi So uh, unlink your PSN acc ?:

Nguyên văn bởi ꑭHorusꑭ 𓂀 Disciple of:

If anybody here wants to know, here's the link to the rag-piece that laid the ground work: https://vietnamnet.vn/nen-tang-steam-phat-hanh-game-khong-phep-vao-viet-nam-2271136.html

TLDR: the online game monopolies of Vietnam complains that they can't extort the market share our Lord and Savior Gabe Newell rightfully earned. So they wanted to brand him and Steam as illegal platforms. Now they have just gone ahead and blocked the platform in Vietnam, forcing users to tinker a bit with their DNS to bypass.

Here's the community reaction from real Vietnamese:

https://www.reddit.com/r/TroChuyenLinhTinh/comments/1casyi8/nền_tảng_steam_phát_hành_hơn_100000_game_không/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

https://www.reddit.com/r/TroChuyenLinhTinh/comments/1cm95g5/steam_bị_chặn_tại_việt_nam/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

This MIGHT be the reason, but there is still nothing official

When you're the Communist Party, do you need to be official? They blocked ArtStation of all websites for no reasons. So who's to say they won't block Steam? And they just did. They want money like EA and Ubisoft. But with added level of smug stupidity.

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Nguyên văn bởi ꑭHorusꑭ 𓂀 Disciple of:

Nguyên văn bởi So uh, unlink your PSN acc ?:

This MIGHT be the reason, but there is still nothing official

When you're the Communist Party, do you need to be official? They blocked ArtStation of all websites for no reasons. So who's to say they won't block Steam? And they just did. They want money like EA and Ubisoft. But with added level of smug stupidity.

Imean they blocked a lot of sites, not just ArtStation
But yes, commie needs official statement, otherwise they will attract unwanted negativity from the world
Not just that, they need official statement for their followers (i'll just call them cultist) to agree, to show their support, that'd be their shield when the world question them. Like "oh its fine, its just vidya game after all, games are bad, just ban them, we Annamites are fine with it"

We just cant have nice thing
The whole airsoft things, now this

[Anubis]

Nguyên văn bởi So uh, unlink your PSN acc ?:

Nguyên văn bởi ꑭHorusꑭ 𓂀 Disciple of:

When you're the Communist Party, do you need to be official? They blocked ArtStation of all websites for no reasons. So who's to say they won't block Steam? And they just did. They want money like EA and Ubisoft. But with added level of smug stupidity.

Imean they blocked a lot of sites, not just ArtStation
But yes, commie needs official statement, otherwise they will attract unwanted negativity from the world
Not just that, they need official statement for their followers (i'll just call them cultist) to agree, to show their support, that'd be their shield when the world question them. Like "oh its fine, its just vidya game after all, games are bad, just ban them, we Annamites are fine with it"

We just cant have nice thing
But the whole airsoft things, now this

Not anymore. They don't need to make any official statements to the populace. They know they can sneakily change something and there's nothing people could do to find out or stop them. This is just natural evolution of callousness. They know nobody will stop them, so why bother with discreet?

[HikariLight]

Nguyên văn bởi So uh, unlink your PSN acc ?:

Nguyên văn bởi HikariLight:

Something to remember is that Steam has to follow the laws of the region if they wish to operate in the region.
If the government has done something that Steam refuses to agree with, then Steam will not operate in the region.

In this case Steam probably wont give a flying ♥♥♥♥ and just cut off VN
Lord Gaben didnt give any ♥♥♥♥ either when China ban Steam years ago

If the block is real then 'Nam gamers are doomed
Itd be over

China has their own private version of Steam called SteamChina.
And by Chinese law, all Chinese citizens are to use SteamChina if they use Steam.
Some countries dont have Steam because some of those governments want full access to the Steam account database, info they have no business accessing, so they can track what users are doing. (Which is why China has their own version)
Others just dont want anything to do with Western businesses.
And at least 3 countries are currently under Sanctions and cannot buy anything on Steam.

Steam almost was not allowed to continue in India a few years ago because the Indian government wanted access to the user database and Steam said no. They came to an agreement and thus Steam can still operate in India, but the government does not get access to the database.

If the local businesses are getting upset at Steam being successful, that is not Steams problem.

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Nguyên văn bởi HikariLight:

Nguyên văn bởi So uh, unlink your PSN acc ?:

In this case Steam probably wont give a flying ♥♥♥♥ and just cut off VN
Lord Gaben didnt give any ♥♥♥♥ either when China ban Steam years ago

If the block is real then 'Nam gamers are doomed
Itd be over

China has their own private version of Steam called SteamChina.
And by Chinese law, all Chinese citizens are to use SteamChina if they use Steam.
Some countries dont have Steam because some of those governments want full access to the Steam account database, info they have no business accessing, so they can track what users are doing. (Which is why China has their own version)
Others just dont want anything to do with Western businesses.
And at least 3 countries are currently under Sanctions and cannot buy anything on Steam.

Steam almost was not allowed to continue in India a few years ago because the Indian government wanted access to the user database and Steam said no. They came to an agreement and thus Steam can still operate in India, but the government does not get access to the database.

If the local businesses are getting upset at Steam being successful, that is not Steams problem.

>info dump
okay ?

[Takei - The Sicario 🌏]

All these ban or rules always point to money sharing. If a country unable to get any benefit from Steam, they want to ban it, also with political thing

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Just for context: https://www.hrw.org/asia/vietnam

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Nguyên văn bởi Crashed:

Just for context: https://www.hrw.org/asia/vietnam

QRD please i couldnt load the page, 'Nam banned it, again, lol

[Takei - The Sicario 🌏]

Nguyên văn bởi So uh, unlink your PSN acc ?:

Nguyên văn bởi Crashed:

Just for context: https://www.hrw.org/asia/vietnam

QRD please i couldnt load the page, 'Nam banned it, again, lol

Told ya they going to hide everything that relate to raise a political question :) so yeah.

[TheLevelCap]

So from I could understand using my vietnamese fluency powered by Copilot, instead of finding a way to make the market fair for everyone, they simply ban steam? GG VPN I guess.