Supabase is blocked in India
For unknown reasons, Supabase is suddenly blocked by all major ISP providers in India, following a government order. For most users, the main website is accessible, but the underlying developer infrastructure is still inaccessible. People who were already using Supabase for their apps in production, the app is broken, and users aren't able to log in or sign up.
But till now, we have not heard anything from any government officials or even from major internet providers like Jio and Airtel. For your information, the site was blocked under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and for completely unknown reasons.
This is sad. Very sad.
And I think, this is one reason to donated to the Internet Freedom Foundation in India which defends online freedom, privacy and innovation in India. In their own words:
Born out of the SaveTheInternet.in movement for net neutrality, IFF works on a range of issues including net neutrality, free expression, privacy and innovation.
I just donated, again. And you should too. I remember reading that Kailash Nadh also donates and recommends donating to the foundation.
Supabase has published a new update that they are still talking to the authorities in India and the issue is still unresolved.
Meanwhile, awesome people have built temporary solutions to tackle this situation. One such solution is JioBase that helps you unblock Supabase for you (I haven't used it, though), if you're on Jio internet.
Another person Karan Saini has published a research on 43k+ domains being blocked in India, by 6 different ISPs. It's done to examine the scale of DNS censorship in India.
I hope the issue gets resolved soon by the government of India.
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