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Phew. Is just a bandwidth issue. This goofy title made me think advertisers found a way around ad blockers.

• ignoramous 4y ago
  It is a bandwidth issue for a volunteer-run project.
• laundermaf 4y ago
  This issue caused CF to irreversibly ban them though, so it's not "just a bandwidth issue" anymore. > Based on the URL that are being requested at Cloudflare, it violates our ToS as well. All the requests are txt file extension which isn't a web content > you cannot use Cloudflare to cache or proxy the request to these text files
  • deleted 4y ago
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  • nicce 4y ago
    Well, CF is just one service provider. There are bigger issues if they have already such a monopoly that their decisions kill projects worlwide.
  • jsty 4y ago
    > This issue caused CF to irreversibly ban them though Do you have a source for that? The article only mentions them being throttled + the screenshot with the support engineer saying they seem to be breaking the ToS and asking them politely to move back into compliance.
  • ziml77 4y ago
    Where did you get that they were irreversibly banned? Or banned at all for that matter?
    • codalan 4y ago
      They didn't get banned. They got an email from CF support saying that they cannot cache TXT files and that they'd need to disable the proxy. This does not mean banned.
      • laundermaf 4y ago
        EasyList is a txt file. If they can’t host it on CF, it means they can’t use CF for EasyList. They didn’t ban the whole organization, but effectively told them to stop. I don’t see a difference.
        • codalan 4y ago
          To me, getting banned is when the provider locks out (or just deletes) your account and prevents you from using their service entirely. CF didn't do this. They sent them an email telling them that what they were doing was a violation of their TOS and to cease doing it. They did not kill off their account. They still have the option to comply and continue with CF, which seems to be what they are going to do at the moment. Hopefully, CF will grant them amnesty on this one. At the end of the day, an HTML file is just a text file, so I don't see why this would have even mattered to begin with.
• shitlord 4y ago
  In a way, the advertisers did find a way around ad blockers. Google built an entire browser and used Manifest V3 as an excuse to cripple ad blockers. Companies are also paying influencers, twitch streamers, and YouTubers to promote their products in a way that conventional ad blockers can't prevent.
  • NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
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    • kaushikc 4y ago
      Sponsorblock has saved me hundreds of hours from watching youtube ads and other time wasting bullshit. The devs deserve to be paid for making this awesome application.
      • matheusmoreira 4y ago
        Yeah, it's awesome. Skips useless stuff like intros too.
      • ThunderSizzle 4y ago
        Were you sponsored to say that?
        • memorable 4y ago
          I'm not the OP, but if I said that line, I'm 100% sure I am not being sponsored. It's just that good.
      • celestialcheese 4y ago
        Or, you know, pay for Youtube Premium and get no ads? Added bonus of supporting the creators who make those videos you watch.