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Google I would say yes, but what does Cloudflare gain? They don't run an ad network. Generally I'd say Cloudflare is pretty good to have as a guardian of the we
by Cider9986 5mo ago
Google I would say yes, but what does Cloudflare gain? They don't run an ad network. Generally I'd say Cloudflare is pretty good to have as a guardian of the web compared to other options.
They protect free speech and allow Tor users. Ever tried completing a reCaptcha on Tor?
- ceejayoz 5mo agoCloudflare gains things like this: https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-pay-per-crawl/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-pay-per-crawl/ https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/quick-actions/crawl-endpoint/ https://developers.cloudflare.com/browser-run/quick-actions/... They create a new problem and sell the solution.
- YeahThisIsMe 5mo agoGod damn it.
- davidfischer 5mo agoNowadays, somebody can just ask claude to build them a scraper/bot that hooks into a proxy network and all of a sudden they can easily send 20k+ reqs/min from hundreds or thousands of IPs cycling them as they get rate limited or banned. In my work, the scrapers have gotten way more aggressive in the last 2 years or so. Frankly, I'm happy there is a solution. There may be things to criticize Cloudflare for, but the problem of bots and scrapers destroying the open web was getting worse no matter what.
- arbol 5mo agoTin hat folk say Cloudflare is CIA. I dunno