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Re:Cloudflare is free of CAPTCHAs; Turnstile is free for eve... by sneak on Saturday October 07, 2023 @03:57AM (#37799905)
Not really. Website operators should absolutely be able to refuse service to anyone on any grounds.
Re:Cloudflare is free of CAPTCHAs; Turnstile is free for eve... by zelphirkalt on Saturday October 07, 2023 @04:31AM (#37800040)
Only that most website operators are not in the know about the issues they will cause, if the use cloudflare or any third party hosting that in turn makes use of cloudflare.
Re:Cloudflare is free of CAPTCHAs; Turnstile is free for eve... by mikae1 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @04:24AM (#37800010)
Yes. Not sure that these checks are always the result of a conscious choice though. They just come with the Cloudflare package.

I wonder what percentage of collateral damage they're expecting. I know I'm not alone.

They're saying 15% of people don't even attempt to complete the captchas. I wonder how many false positives are they getting with Turnstile. Hopefully less than 15%…

Re:Cloudflare is free of CAPTCHAs; Turnstile is free for eve... by jdright on Saturday October 07, 2023 @07:59AM (#37800974)
The thing is, with captchas I can retry 2, 3..5 times before giving up. This thing here just doesn't work and I can't do anything.
Re:Cloudflare is free of CAPTCHAs; Turnstile is free for eve... by december456 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @08:17AM (#37801073)
I wonder how many site operators are aware of the underlying issue with leasing your site to CF, how much false positives and false negatives Cloudflare has, and if there are any alternatives.
Re:Cloudflare is free of CAPTCHAs; Turnstile is free for eve... by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday October 07, 2023 @10:41AM (#37802098)
Yes, really. And the cool thing is that users are able to complain about getting arbitrarily blocked even if it is legal.