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Re:Cloudflare took down our site after trying to force us to... by Aeolun on Sunday May 26, 2024 @09:22PM (#40486808)
It almost sounds like you are excusing them. Asking people to switch to the enterprise plan and bring your own IP is reasonable, but not on a timeline of 24h, and trashing their account when they tell you they are talking to a competitor makes me feel like I should flee Cloudflare services with all haste.
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Re:Cloudflare took down our site after trying to force us to... by robocat on Wednesday May 29, 2024 @05:31AM (#40510098)
> and trashing their account when they tell you they are talking to a competitor

That is just a story they have made up. They don't know why Cloudflare shut their account down. I reckon the Fastly "reason" is likey a red herring.

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Re:Cloudflare took down our site after trying to force us to... by ExoticPearTree on Thursday May 30, 2024 @03:36PM (#40527762)
It does not really matter, the 24h deadline is incredibly unprofessional. And deleting their account even more so.

I think the lesson here is to be as provider agnostic as possible and have a backup plan in case your current provider decides they don’t like you anymore or they just delete all your data just because they can.

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