The problem presented by services like ReCaptcha and Cloudflare is a tough nut to crack.
They're silently embedded in a huge portion of modern websites, and the average user will never even know about them.
But it seems to be way too easy for them to blanket-ban or serve an absurd amount of captchas to powerusers, linux gurus, privacy geeks, or anyone with the wrong combination of browser+addons. And the failures (as in this case) are often silent, cryptic, un-fixable from the user end, and can prevent us from accessing massive swaths of the internet. Any thoughts surrounding this conundrum?
Solutions:
1. Everyone stops using ReCaptcha/Cloudflare.
- Never going to happen. They dominate the market because they are useful, well-made services.
2. Launch a competing product that accomplishes the same thing.
- Good luck competing with these giants. Also, how would your implementation differ to solve this issue?
3. Powerusers and tech nerds must conform to 'normal' browser configurations and disable privacy addons in order to enjoy the internet with 'normal' users.
- Two steps backwards in every conceivable way. The giants gain more invisible power and powerusers suffer decreased productivity/privacy. Not going to happen.
They're silently embedded in a huge portion of modern websites, and the average user will never even know about them.
But it seems to be way too easy for them to blanket-ban or serve an absurd amount of captchas to powerusers, linux gurus, privacy geeks, or anyone with the wrong combination of browser+addons. And the failures (as in this case) are often silent, cryptic, un-fixable from the user end, and can prevent us from accessing massive swaths of the internet. Any thoughts surrounding this conundrum?
Solutions:
1. Everyone stops using ReCaptcha/Cloudflare.
- Never going to happen. They dominate the market because they are useful, well-made services.
2. Launch a competing product that accomplishes the same thing.
- Good luck competing with these giants. Also, how would your implementation differ to solve this issue?
3. Powerusers and tech nerds must conform to 'normal' browser configurations and disable privacy addons in order to enjoy the internet with 'normal' users.
- Two steps backwards in every conceivable way. The giants gain more invisible power and powerusers suffer decreased productivity/privacy. Not going to happen.