Comment by nottorp
11 days ago
So we used to have this company that did good things for the internet... like usable search...
Now we have this company that does good things for the internet... like ddos protection, cdns, and now protecting us from "AI"...
How long will the second one last before it also becomes universally hated?
Cloudflare isn't universally hated but I think most people are very nervous about the power Cloudflare holds. Bluesky puts it best "the company is tomorrow's adversary" and Cloudflare is turning into a powerful adversary.
Yeah, time to kneecap them before it's too late. EU is sleeping...
Good things for the Internet? I stop visiting sites that nag me with their verification friction. They are the only reason I replaced Stack Exchange with LLMs.
Most people I know in real life already hate cloudflare.