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I understand how it works. I simply don't "agree" with it. But then I wouldn't, being the innocent party at the sharp end of arbitrary "punishment". One could
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
I understand how it works. I simply don't "agree" with it. But then I
wouldn't, being the innocent party at the sharp end of arbitrary
"punishment".
One could be weak natured and claim to be a "victim of discrimination"
(but then ironically the problem is indiscrimination), or entitled and
say Cloudflare and site owners should do a better job. Both seem
indignant and unhelpful.
The problem is obviously complex.
Optimistically, better education of small site operators might help
them understand that when they employ a service like this they are
excluding significant numbers of the kind of people they might want
visiting. I think they should know that, and so supporters of
Cloudflare ought not try to muddy the waters or blame those who want a
better experience on the web.
On the other hand, some sites really don't want visitors who value
privacy, and that's fair enough too. Cloudflare etc provide a very
effective service for excluding us.
- anotherevan 4y agoI don't think the "punishment" is arbitrary. I think it is the result of a tragedy of the commons situation (the commons being Tor in this case). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons Looking at it from a hoster's point of view, if 0.05% of your traffic comes from X, but 80% of your security issues also come from X, the wisest investment of their time and money is to just block X and move on with their life.