> Following the laws of the country you want to operate in is just the bare minimum.

Absolutely. Countries you operate in, meaning countries you actually employ people in and do business in and have a legal nexus in. Being accessible over the Internet is not "operating in" a country, even if that country might wish to claim otherwise.

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bee_rider 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Well, however you want to call it—as I noted at the end of that comment, we’re currently living in the result of companies trying to serve users in countries without actually operating there. The result is that countries don’t really mind blocking them.

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Jon_Lowtek 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Having direct business to consumer relations with the people of a country is doing business in that country, even if the multinational corporation claims otherwise

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Aloisius 4 days ago | parent [-]

Direct contact without any money is not business.

That's like arguing a Seattle coffee roaster is doing business in Nepal because someone in Nepal called them on the phone.

	▲	Jon_Lowtek 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		i have not checked every service affected in Nepal, but i would assume most of them require a user account, which includes agreeing to a contract that establishes a b2c relation. Such a relationship does not necessarily require payment, and is not at all comparable to calling someone.