Re:Why does Cloudflare Pages have such a generous Free tier?
by oarsinsync on Thursday January 16, 2025 @03:16AM
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> I don't think they have a CAPTCHA … Cloudflare has something called Turnstyle
I believe CF Turnstyle was only released in 2024. I believe they used reCAPTCHA up to 2020, and then switched to hCaptcha. I believe hCaptcha continues to be offered.
Re:Why does Cloudflare Pages have such a generous Free tier?
by usr1106 on Thursday January 16, 2025 @03:43AM
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Right, 1.0 might have been last year. But it was available (maybe called beta?) probably since 2018 at least. I have used Gitlab since 2018 and IIRC it had Turnstyle from the beginning. Gitlab have configured(?) it such that it comes at every login, but because it works automatically it has never been a problem for me. It wouldn't have worked on some phones, but I don't use phones for Gitlab.
I wasn't aware that they have (had) alternative solutions. Probably because I've rarely seen them. Or if they used reCAPTCHA I got mad on Google, not noticing that Cloudflare had injected it.
Re:Why does Cloudflare Pages have such a generous Free tier?
by censorfree on Thursday January 16, 2025 @03:19AM
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This can be a slippery slop into censorship! Or a corporate feudal divide up the Internet segments by geo-locations.
Of course in general I do feel better about Cloudflare than Google making money.
Cloudflare has something called Turnstyle where the browser needs to do work. It's a bit of energy waste, but smooth for the user. Unless their algorithm comes to an incorrect decision and doesn't let you in. Then it's infuriating. For me in Europe that seems to be rare, but I have no idea how well it works in Vietnam.