September 3, 2008
Google Chrome denied
So the U.S. trade sanctions against Sudan are at last beginning to bite. Here is the screen I got when I tried to download Google's new Chrome internet browser from Khartoum.
Something similar happened with Google Earth - at the time Google said it blocked downloads in Sudan saying it couldn't distribute its software in the blacklisted country.
First Google Earth. Now Google Chrome. Sudan's geeks are going to be enraged. Could this be the move that finally brings the Khartoum regime to its knees?
Posted by aheavens at September 3, 2008 11:04 AM
Comments
try again in a couple of days ... might be a genuine server load problem. it took me a few tries before i managed to access the download site.
Posted by: yonas at September 3, 2008 3:06 PM
Are you suggesting the sanctions aren't effective? Say it ain't so!
Then again, Sudan may not be missing much. If Slashdot is to be believed (which, admittedly, isn't always the case) there's a rather interesting license agreement buried under that browser.
Posted by: quixote at September 3, 2008 3:07 PM
got this error trying to use picassa today from nbo. i'm pretty sure it's the link.
Posted by: Nairobi Notes at September 3, 2008 4:38 PM
No - just tried it on a UK proxy and it worked fine. It is only when I am clearly in Sudan that it stops.
Posted by: andrew at September 3, 2008 8:18 PM
IE is going to offer users a chance to set IE to "private", which will block Google's Adwords advertising then Google Chrome born. Google Chrome is clean and fast. But I love Firefox.
Posted by: Thai SEO at September 3, 2008 8:28 PM
“Could this be the move that finally brings the Khartoum regime to its knees?” LOL. The only thing that will bring the Khartoum and Addis (Ethiopian) dictatorial regime is assassination.
Posted by: Baheilu at September 4, 2008 1:30 AM
These days i just stayed in Khartoum. I faced the same problem with you. Today i found the way. You may try to download the full installer from http://gpdl.google.com/chrome/install/149.27/chrome_installer.exe from a proxy out of Sudan.
Posted by: chemmy at September 4, 2008 1:27 PM
Some of the flash sites related to Online Chess Programs, cricket sites, or some of the flash sites are experiencing problem while opening in google, chrome. Though it is very fast, but don't know what happen to it.
Posted by: Akshay at October 7, 2008 12:27 PM
Google are still the good guys. They just have to comply with the laws of the bad guys namely the US Government that enforce export control to countries that they deem enemies of the state.
Posted by: chrome blocks sudan (chi) at October 16, 2008 4:13 PM
Could this be the move that finally brings the Khartoum regime to its knees?
Lol, it would only frustate some sudanese geek!!
http://sudaninside.net/2008/05/03/sudatel-celebrates-the-subscriber-number-4-million-in-sudani/
Posted by: little sudanese at November 7, 2008 6:19 PM