Yeah, you can't really talk about downsides of Recaptcha/Cloudflare without also acknowledging the extreme amount of malicious actors and abuse on the internet.
We're in a "this is why we can't have nice things" predicament and you have malicious actors to thank for that, yet most people on HN only seem capable of attacking the few affordable solutions to that problem.
I'm even down with the theory that Cloudflare is a US government outfit, that's the only way I can wrap my head around such a generous free tier. But at what point does it worry you that the internet has so many fundamental issues that people willingly centralize behind such a large behemoth? How many options do I have when a kid is holding my forum hostage with a $5 booter service?
It's easy to shit on everything. Let's hear some real solutions.
We're in a "this is why we can't have nice things" predicament and you have malicious actors to thank for that, yet most people on HN only seem capable of attacking the few affordable solutions to that problem.
I'm even down with the theory that Cloudflare is a US government outfit, that's the only way I can wrap my head around such a generous free tier. But at what point does it worry you that the internet has so many fundamental issues that people willingly centralize behind such a large behemoth? How many options do I have when a kid is holding my forum hostage with a $5 booter service?
It's easy to shit on everything. Let's hear some real solutions.