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It seems like a lot of people are pretending that because there's a contractual relationship between Cloudflare and many websites, that Cloudflare can't cause o
by mlyle 3y ago
It seems like a lot of people are pretending that because there's a contractual relationship between Cloudflare and many websites, that Cloudflare can't cause outsized harms to other parties.
It really sucks for a third party to claim you're a bot and as a result you lose access to resources. And the potential for harm is only increasing.
Worse still, the false positive rate appears unacceptably high (look at all the people here with substantial issues) and there's no recourse unless you get a highly voted thread on hacker news.
- NicoJuicy 3y agoTbh. There's a lot of technical folks, worldwide, here. That's a lot of edge cases in comparison. And their technical skills probably skews perception ( exotic browsers, behavior, VPN, Tor, ... ) As such, can you say, by indication, what percentage of web surfers "a lot" is? ( = Including non technical) I don't disagree that people can have problems. I'm just wondering how representative "a lot" in reality is.
- mlyle 3y agoEven if it's .01%, 1 out of 10,000 people losing a substantial fraction of utility without recourse sucks.