Your Site, your rules: new AI traffic options for all customers

Re:Your Site, your rules: new AI traffic options for all cus... by gonzalohm on Wednesday July 01, 2026 @08:26PM (#48754875)

It's funny that Cloudfare presents themselves as the protector of the web when they are the gateway to it. We are one bad CEO away from having a system of "pay a subscription to browse the Internet"

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Re:Your Site, your rules: new AI traffic options for all cus... by harshalizee on Thursday July 02, 2026 @12:02AM (#48756420)

You mean like ISPs?

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Re:Your Site, your rules: new AI traffic options for all cus... by hurfdurf on Thursday July 02, 2026 @03:33AM (#48757832)

You can switch ISPs. Can you switch away from Cloudflare when you are blocked from accessing a website because reasons?

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Re:Your Site, your rules: new AI traffic options for all cus... by xingped on Thursday July 02, 2026 @05:26AM (#48758722)

Most people don't have a choice for what ISP they use. And even when they do it's usually "do what to live in the modern world or deliver your packets via the Pony Express?".

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Re:Your Site, your rules: new AI traffic options for all cus... by gonzalohm on Thursday July 02, 2026 @07:09AM (#48759551)

You are right, but that's mostly a US problem. When I lived in Europe I was able to pick from a list of at least 10 providers. I'm not sure how it works, but I think there is a law saying that the ISP that laid the optic fiber cable must rent it to other ISPs

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Re:Your Site, your rules: new AI traffic options for all cus... by gonzalohm on Thursday July 02, 2026 @07:11AM (#48759564)

At least with ISPs you are paying for the infrastructure and the connection to your house. Cloudfare has been like a silent Trojan that was added as a layer everywhere

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Re:Your Site, your rules: new AI traffic options for all cus... by jesterson on Thursday July 02, 2026 @03:52AM (#48757979)

> It's funny that Cloudfare presents themselves as the protector of the web when they are the gateway to it

Well, how else they can sell their crappy service?

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