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There is some presumption that Cloudflare's behavior related to "second class" regions is based on statistics - percentage of traffic that is of ill-intent. Ma
by blunte 7y ago
There is some presumption that Cloudflare's behavior related to "second class" regions is based on statistics - percentage of traffic that is of ill-intent. Maybe that's not the case, but I suspect so.
CF customers probably know that any delays cost viewers/visitors, but losing a few good visitors is worth preventing a ton of bad visitors. And CF generally seems very thoughtful about their actions. If they make something unpleasant, they're likely to have a good reason for doing so.
- cnst 7y agoMost properties protected by Cloudflare appear to be webpages that could easily be cached without any ill effects, for hours to days or weeks. Why exactly do they need captcha protection?
- dzhiurgis 7y agoThat’s like asking a gun shop why americans need so many guns
- acdha 7y agoHave you done an exhaustive survey of those sites to confirm that they all are completely static? If not, ask yourself how many site operators are going to prefer a global toggle to having to make sure they protect every exposed endpoint, bearing in mind that this has very little impact on a high majority of their customers unless they’re operating a service targeted at VPN users.