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The answer I posted to StackOverflow, when someone asked if the website became unavailable.

The sql-workbench.eu website is blocking IP addresses located in the United States. I'm in the US, and am still able to download the latest release by using archive.org's Wayback Machine.

I confirmed the website was blocked in the US only by using geotargetly.com/geo-browse and locabrowser.com, which are two services that show what the website looks from different country's IP addresses.

Why did the author block US-based IP addresses? On forum.sql-workbench.eu, a user asked the question "Is web site still active?", and the account named 'support (Site Admin)' answered with this: (his words, not mine)

I assume you are located in the USA.

The convicted felon in the White House has made it clear that he (and thus the USA) doesn't give a shit about the rest of the world. That he will betray (and even threaten) his allies without hesitation if that gives him and his Broligarchs a few more bucks in their bank account.

Apparently the USA can do without the rest of the world.

So I decided, to comply with that and that the USA will have to do without this tiny little bit from the rest of the world.

I assume that, since the last sentence uses first-person pronouns, that was written by the SQL Workbench/J's main author — Thomas Kellerer from Munich.