Yes, I am the bad guy for defending my sites from being defaced and my clients private data stolen from the bad actors coming from those two countries specifically. It is totally me making the internet a shittier place. If only I had the strength and energy to unblock those countries to tolerate the unrelenting abuse and attacks so I won't be such a terrible, horrible person.

> Yes, I am the bad guy

What's the point of asking a question (...does this make me a bad person for discriminating?) if you're not ready to accept some of the answers?

Yes, geoblocking totally makes the internet a shittier place. In the same way as the hackers and scriptkiddies make it the shittier place. It's a chicken and egg situation. You're blocking part of the world because it's dangerous waters. I am blocking part of the world because I disagree with the politics of that particular part. We are together making geo-blocking tolerable and acceptable. We're together making the internet more shitty than it deserves. Congratulations.

By the way, I'm not sure I wouldn't have done the same thing you did. I guess if I can't properly manage the security of a resource, the easiest way to deal with it would be to eliminate the source of the attack vector. I wouldn't deny that I'm part of the problem though. Because that's exactly what I am.

I wonder if locking my doors as well is discrimination according to you? No geoblocking doesn't make the internet a shittier place, you're blaming the symptoms/victims not the true cause.

What is actually making the internet a shittier place is the bad actors, bots, scammers, scrapers, psychopaths and etc. Maybe those countries that get blocked should do more to stop those bad actors in the first place.

Has China or Turkey ever contributed or paid for one of my projects/services? Nope, not once. Have they caused me grief and wasted my time dealing with bullshit? Yes, absolutely!

So I don't think I am a bad, unless you think preventing myself from getting punched makes me bad guy.

Maybe you should change your frame of thought and start pointing the fingers at the actual bad guys who actually ruining the web and stop accusing people of self defense of being "bad guys".

Basically if you don't want to be treated like an asshole (geoblocked) don't act like an asshole. I know it's a very hard concept to grasp.

Hey, quick question - why in your holy rage you’ve decided to ignore an important part of my previous comment? I don’t normally waste my time on people who act like this. If you read it and pay attention to it you’d get some answers you’ve raised.

> Has China or Turkey ever contributed or paid for one of my projects/services?

Have other countries? What about the countries that haven’t? Isn’t it completely unrelated to the “bad actors” question?

Internet is the best thing that we have now. It’s great because it’s open. You’re ruining it. As well as the other bad actors, attackers, etc. You’re just one of them, even though you’re also the victim. So no, you’ve completely missed my point. I’m not blaming the victim. I’m blaming everybody in this particular situation. You are the part of the problem just as well as the attackers.

> I know it's a very hard concept to grasp.

Calm down. Take it as a grown up. You’ve asked for opinion yourself, don’t forget it.

> holy rage The only one raging is you unless if you consider asking purposefully loaded questions is rage.

> Have other countries? What about the countries that haven’t?

Not every country has paid, but they also haven't launched a barrage of DDOS attacks, blatant scraping, and constant scanning for exploits and etc.

You're funny because you think defending one's site from hackers is "ruining the internet". You gave your naïve opinion and I have the right to disregard it and think that it is really stupid, don't forget.

> Defending the integrity of the internet isn't OP's job.

It’s everyone’s job. It’s the least we can do to prevent entshitification of this beautiful and wild ecosystem.