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Re:Cloudflare Disables Access to ‘Pirated’ Content on Its IP... by mike_d on Saturday March 25, 2023 @02:23PM (#35305481)
I wish more of the HN crowd would understand that Cloudflare were never the good guys. Their business model has always been man-in-the-middle the entire internet.

Every site you put behind Cloudflare contributes to the future where they have the singular ability to decide what networks can connect to others.

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Re:Cloudflare Disables Access to ‘Pirated’ Content on Its IP... by kube-system on Saturday March 25, 2023 @02:27PM (#35305523)
It’s not like that’s a secret, it’s the whole point of their service.
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Re:Cloudflare Disables Access to ‘Pirated’ Content on Its IP... by hypertele-Xii on Saturday March 25, 2023 @03:37PM (#35306336)
The obvious sometimes needs repeating lest we forget the forest for the trees.
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Re:Cloudflare Disables Access to ‘Pirated’ Content on Its IP... by MichaelZuo on Sunday March 26, 2023 @10:08AM (#35314617)
How could anyone who regularly uses the internet forget that Cloudflare is acting as an intermediary between X and Y?
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Re:Cloudflare Disables Access to ‘Pirated’ Content on Its IP... by Tozen on Sunday March 26, 2023 @03:17PM (#35318385)
You are right, it does need repeating. Centralized control, means that at some point, they can decide to abuse that power to do whatever they want and at everyone else's expense. They can decide access, what can be seen, or what the "new" rules are and despite any objections.
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Re:Cloudflare Disables Access to ‘Pirated’ Content on Its IP... by unmole on Sunday March 26, 2023 @05:28AM (#35312634)
> Every site you put behind Cloudflare contributes to the future where they have the singular ability to decide what networks can connect to others.

Except for the fact that you can disable Cloudflare on your site anytime you choose.

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Re:Cloudflare Disables Access to ‘Pirated’ Content on Its IP... by paledot on Tuesday March 28, 2023 @09:54AM (#35341116)
Yeah, but I can't disable it on your site.
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