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Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by rs_rs_rs_rs_rs on Saturday August 30, 2025 @06:01AM (#45073381)
>Just because you can, doesn't mean you should and I don't feel any one entity (private or public) should be an arbiter on these matters.

What do you mean by private? Should I not be allowed to block AI agents on my sites using Cloudflare?

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Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by calmbonsai on Sunday August 31, 2025 @07:58PM (#45088197)
More precisely, Cloudflare should not be able to offer this service. AI agents should be blocked at the hosted API endpoint ("last mile"), not at a CDN or other sort of intermediary.

That said, if you're using Cloudflare Workers, where the endpoint itself is hosted by Cloudflare, that would be ethical.

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Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by kentonv on Sunday August 31, 2025 @08:13PM (#45088274)
If the CDN is implementing the explicitly-configured preferences of the specific site, what difference does it make if the blocking happens at the CDN vs. the site's origin server?
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Re:The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “sign... by calmbonsai on Thursday September 04, 2025 @09:12PM (#45134049)
If it's via a CDN pull, that's totally cool. IF it's with a push or acting as a pure MIM, that's not cool.
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