https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jun/18/taliban-ban-smartphones-officials-shown-destroying-devices

The Guardian offers a number of potential reasons.

Sorry, I don’t want to copy paste so you’ll have to read it yourself :)

The only thing I love more than government censoring my internet is corporations censoring my internet 🥰

(You, apparently)

Since restocking their shelves with US liquor last week, Nova Scotia stores saw higher than usual sales, said Terah McKinnon, spokesperson for the province’s liquor board.

Seems like selling american booze is in the interest of at least some people.

Use the desktop client on a phone?

Honest question: what would you do if there was a proper Linux phone to not have this problem? Fork and maintain your own nextcloud client?

They have content that Lemmy doesn’t.