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I don't get it, Cloudflare is not the court, nor is it a monopoly. It's not some tragic Greek hero holding the line for freedom of speech. It's just a busines
by miragecraft 4y ago
I don't get it, Cloudflare is not the court, nor is it a monopoly.
It's not some tragic Greek hero holding the line for freedom of speech.
It's just a business, and business can decide to not provide service to assholes, just like your local restaurant.
It already decided it won't provide hosting service to the despicables, but somehow the security service is vital to freedom of speech? I don't buy it.
It's all about their legal exposure, and it looks like the heat's too much this time.
- bandwidth 4y agoThe other agenda is also pleasing shareholders and ensuring PR / damage control is mitigated at all costs. Their stock price has been falling since Thursday after all.
- philippejara 4y agoIf Matthew Prince didn't style himself as the tragic Greek hero holding the line for freedom of speech then yes, most of this disappointment would not have happened. People are mostly not claiming they have no right to drop them, or an obligation to keep them up, but claiming one thing and then 3 days later buckling under pressure is extremely disappointing. Especially when the underlying implication is that the website would hopefully be taken down by actually illicit means, those being DDOS attacks.