Comment by mindcrime
4 years ago
Well, it's a feature that Cloudflare provides that website operators are using. So your issue seems like it should be with websites that use Cloudflare.
I don't use Cloudflare, so I'm not familiar with how that works. Thanks for the additional explanation.
"Who do the operators of this website think they are trying to control who can access the service?" doesn't seem very damning to me.
No. Although I wonder how many people have this turned on and who don't really understand the implications of same? Hmm...
Cloudflare UI lets you pick between levels of protection.
By default I don't think it shows the interstitial "checking your browser" page. But if you pick the "I'm under attack" option, it dishes that page out freely. Popular services that experience a lot of abuse seem to stay with that option.
Though everything I've built in the gaming/gambling niche seems to attract abuse no matter how small the service is. It's pretty frustrating when your weekend project can't run on a $5 VPS because someone is keeping it offline for the lulz. I totally understand why people default to Cloudflare + "I'm under attack" mode, and I don't think it's Cloudflare's nor the website operator's fault. I think here it's useful to temper our ire with the reason people use DDoS protection.
You don't need to stay in that noise. CF is pretty decent with detecting DDoS on its own and switching on temporary protection as needed. (Not every time, not often enough)
Not they're also not the only game in town. You can use less crappy/evil providers instead.
Who else would you recommend? (Genuine question)
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