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Have you considered alternatives to Cloudflare? (programming.dev)
submitted 3 weeks ago by xianjam@programming.dev to c/meta@programming.dev
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Hi there, I wouldn't be making this post if I saw another one about it, but...

I both dislike centralization and nonfree Javascript. I believe the spirit of Lemmy embraces both ideals, however, Cloudflare both promotes a centralized internet that requires the execution of nonfree scripts to interact with it. I understand that bots (epsecially LLM powered) are a pervasive issue that plagues this (and many other) communities. I also understand that being logged-in prevents the requirement of using Cloudflare's captcha, so that only a one-time login is required, although I'm constantly blocking requests to cloudflareinsignts.com.

Finally, I understand that I the alternatives are not necessarily effective, although it seems to work for many projects. I'm not saying other solutions are better for short or medium term, but I was wondering if the management were planning on eventually replacing it.

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[–] Feyter@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I really don't know what you are aiming for...

Concerns about cloudflare becoming an issue are totally valid. Good day.

[–] lysdexic@programming.dev -1 points 3 weeks ago

I really don’t know what you are aiming for…

If you need anyone to spell it out to you, you are mindlessly complaining about programming.dev adopting anti-abuse services from a service provider. When lightly pressed on the topic, you fail to present a single problem of doing that or even a single coherent argument against it.

In short, you failed to point out any problem involving or any reason to replace an anti-abuse system. And yet you argue the service should be replaced.

Is "why" such an insurmountable challenge?