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Re:Cloudflare took down our site after trying to force us to... by shkkmo on Sunday May 26, 2024 @11:02AM (#40482692)
> So this really should be seen as an act of goodwill rather than malice.

It's called "extortion"

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Re:Cloudflare took down our site after trying to force us to... by jacoblambda on Sunday May 26, 2024 @12:31PM (#40483389)
It's not extortion if you would have been banned off the platform flat out had you been a smaller account.
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Re:Cloudflare took down our site after trying to force us to... by shkkmo on Sunday May 26, 2024 @07:32PM (#40486301)
Threatening to ban someone unless they pay you is extortion.
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Re:Cloudflare took down our site after trying to force us to... by JackSlateur on Saturday June 01, 2024 @08:50AM (#40545312)
Of course not

You put yourself in a bad spot. We can either kick you out or work (for a price) to help you.

Extortion ? Hardly. Nobody work for free, you know.

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