Yeah, I find this whole thread a bit odd. Cloudflare has been a highly regarded service for years, and suddenly people are blaming them of running a protection

Yeah, I find this whole thread a bit odd. Cloudflare has been a highly regarded service for years, and suddenly people are blaming them of running a protection racket, without providing a single source or piece of evidence (or a presumably more ethical alternative, for that matter)? As they say, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence…