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They put themselves as a middle man for almost the whole Internet, collect huge usage data about everyone and block anybody who doesn't use mainstream tools: h
by fsflover 1y ago
They put themselves as a middle man for almost the whole Internet, collect huge usage data about everyone and block anybody who doesn't use mainstream tools:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42953508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42953508
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13718752 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13718752
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23897705 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23897705
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41864632 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41864632
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42577076 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42577076
- baq 1y agovalid. ...but OTOH it's their customers who want all of that and pay to get that, because the alternative is worse. rock and a hard place.
- slenk 1y agoRight - do I want them getting some info from me, or do I want my IP address exposed? Besides CloudFront, which still costs money, what other option is there for semi-privacy and caching for free?
- mattl 1y agobunny.net has some options
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- slenk 1y agoI will have to check them out I guess
- aorth 1y agoAs the old addage goes: If you're not paying for it, you're the product. Lots of nuance, but generally: pay for things you use. Servers, engineers, and research and development are not free, so someone has to pay.
- qualeed 1y agoLots of services don't even let me pay if I wanted to, so I am forced to be the product. (Donating typically does not un-productify myself). Or I pay and am still the product. Just with less in-my-face ads.
- aorth 1y ago> Or I pay and am still the product. Just with less in-my-face ads. Yes, this is enshittification. You pay for Amazon something or other, and they STILL show you ads. Horrible.
- slenk 1y agofwiw, I have been convinced to look at other options
- matt-p 1y agoCloud front is pretty much free for your first TB. Fastly has a free plan. Though why should it be for free?
- slenk 1y agoMultiple people have brought that up. I pay for everything else, why not one more. Although bunny.net won't take ANY of my credit or debit cards
- MisterTea 1y agoI want to know if there is a way to design an alternative that isn't controlled by a single entity which allows gatekeeping.
- AnthonyMouse 1y agoYou can add another one as a result of this article: The data you need to train AI and the data you need to build a search engine are the same data. So now they're inhibiting every new search engine that wants to compete with Google.
- 1oooqooq 1y agothey always had. this post is about turning the false positives "up to 11" with impunity
- 1oooqooq 1y agohttps://infosec.exchange/@k3ym0/114762301792775770 https://infosec.exchange/@k3ym0/114762301792775770
- fsflover 1y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudflare#Controversies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudflare#Controversies