Re:Cloudflare's abuse policies and approach
by stormbrew on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @08:36PM
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> Trust me
Trust me when I say I'm aware and that I have very specific reasons to feel the way I do.
But the thing is that cf absolutely is profiting off this. They provide this service to make themselves indispensable, to make themselves an attractive product for people to use. By holding the line here, they will drum up plenty of business that's really happy about their stance, even if it only toes the line kf crosses with impunity.
The goal of the campaign against cf (and anyone else providing them services) is to make it less profitable to provide services to kf. This is the only tool left in the capitalist world we live in.
What cf is doing here is less like advocating for free speech and more like the social version of providing a free open smtp relay. They obscure the true cost of doing something reprehensible.
And they do it at great financial expense completely by choice, because it likely drums up more business for them than it costs.
Trust me when I say I'm aware and that I have very specific reasons to feel the way I do.
But the thing is that cf absolutely is profiting off this. They provide this service to make themselves indispensable, to make themselves an attractive product for people to use. By holding the line here, they will drum up plenty of business that's really happy about their stance, even if it only toes the line kf crosses with impunity.
The goal of the campaign against cf (and anyone else providing them services) is to make it less profitable to provide services to kf. This is the only tool left in the capitalist world we live in.
What cf is doing here is less like advocating for free speech and more like the social version of providing a free open smtp relay. They obscure the true cost of doing something reprehensible.
And they do it at great financial expense completely by choice, because it likely drums up more business for them than it costs.