https//www.gamerbraves.com/steam-epic-and-other-websites-are-now-banned-in-indonesia/
Indonesian users are woken up to a shock as various of websites and other gaming platforms such as Steam and Epic Games have now been banned in Indonesia.
According to a tweet made by the Team Secret esports organisation as well as reported by our sister site – GamerWK, users in Indonesia have been denied access to said gaming platforms but users have found alternatives to bypass this by changing their DNS or by using a VPN.
I wondered Why My Server had a Distinct Lack of SWP Farms And Mage Boosters.
Overall this is A Good thing for the Classic Community imo and Will Cut Down on A Lot of Bots and RMT…
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This is actually kinda messed up. Willing to bet a lot of families gonna go hungry over this.
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Indonesia isnt that poor, sheesh…
A county being poor or not on avg dosent change if people will go hungry over a change or not. As it’s not the avg your looking at norm when that kind of statment is made but the bottem end that yes any cut to there bottom line vary much can make them go hungry and yes Indonesia dose have quite a few that fall into that level of poverty in fact even the “first world” nations do.
Indonesia is a military dictatorship, so its not outside the realm of possibility
Most of the indonesian folks I’ve seen through games were selling currencies/items no matter the game because it was much more profitable for them to stay at home than working for someone else…
Unfortunate for the legit players of indonesia…
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Does nothing. It’s 2022 everyone uses a VPN, especially if they play a foreign game.
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Except they live in Indonesia and they definitely will have consequences for avoiding their oppresive government.
Also side note they also banned paypal.
Only you would take a real world event like this and turn it into something self centered.
GG
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Self centered? It’s good for the health of the game that the bots are getting stopped at the source.
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When i look for reliable information its from Mr. Rdf and gamerbraves dot com
Sounds solid.
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Daniel Ahmad @ZhugeEX
Quick update for those asking- The blocks are not permanent, assuming the companies register and comply with the regulation, and Kominfo has already reached out to these companies to ensure compliance and reverse the block.
There was no official announcement by the Indonesian government, but it is likely that Indonesia banned Steam, PayPal, Epic Games and a bunch of other websites and digital platforms because they failed to register as an Electronics System Provider / Penyelenggara Sistem Elektronik (PSE).
On November 24, 2020, the Indonesian Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kominfo) imposed a new regulation calling for all local and international digital services to register with them for cybersecurity and user protection purposes.
Failure to comply with that regulation would subject the digital service to being banned / blocked in Indonesia.
On July 15 – just 2 weeks earlier – Kominfo warned that digital service providers will be banned in Indonesia on July 21, 2022 if they refused to register.
The deadline for all PSE registration – both domestic and foreign – was set at July 20, 2022. After that, Kominfo would start banning unregistered apps and services.
Epic Games
Steam
Uplay
Battle.net
Origin
Curious if or how much this will affect the bots/boosters? 
Likely because the currency used in most other nations is far more valuable.
You can play WoW without the battle.net client. Guy in my guild is in indonesia, they just launch the game without using bnet.
Oof, that’s rough.
Yeah, I am sure that’s why there is a lack of Mage boosters and not the nerf to boosting that was implemented.
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Battle.net was added to the listed of registered sites again on the 29th, it’s not banned.
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…Anyone happen to know why this happened?
New registration requirements for companies, they didn’t meet the deadline but can register whenever.
Blizzard and MS already have.
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Aaaah! Thank you. Glad to hear it wasn’t some great firewall of censorship going up and just some bureaucracy speed bumps.