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Re:Netlify just sent me a $104K bill for a simple static site by stavros on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @04:02AM (#39521798)
Capitalism? Mob-style "protection" would be if Cloudflare were the ones who DDoSed you if you didn't pay.
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Re:Netlify just sent me a $104K bill for a simple static site by throwaway290 on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @04:20AM (#39521933)
How naive if you think the mob would disclose when it's affiliates trash your shop.
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Re:Netlify just sent me a $104K bill for a simple static site by gkbrk on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @04:32AM (#39522026)
Yeah. Instead Cloudflare hosts the websites of DDoS sellers and refuses to take them down or tell you who they are. A lot of these DDoS-for-hire services use Cloudflare to hide their real IP.
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