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Scrapping protection is not a problem: defaults that CloudFlare promote are. Saying that website owners can disable it is akin saying website owners should go a
by SXX 5y ago
Scrapping protection is not a problem: defaults that CloudFlare promote are. Saying that website owners can disable it is akin saying website owners should go and whitelist Tor nodes. Most of website owners don't understand either of issues and they never gonna opt-out.
Also I'm talking from experience because I been on both sides of the fence: doing scrapping and implementing protection. So yeah your CloudFlare protection will deter 10% of bad actors, but will also cut off 99% of enthusiast / research efforts or users of niche software or browsers. Still anyone with $1000+ budget will scrap whatever they want.