Cloudflare functions kinda like a private security company. They don't go around blocking sites willy-nilly, site owners have to specifically choose to use their service (and maybe pay for it), configuring the bot blocking rules themselves.
That's not really Cloudflare's fault. Someone has to do it, whether it's them or a competitor or sys admins manually making firewall rules. Cloudflare just happens to be good enough and darned affordable, so many choose to use them.
Hosting costs for small site owners would be much more expensive without Cloudflare shielding and caching.
That's not really Cloudflare's fault. Someone has to do it, whether it's them or a competitor or sys admins manually making firewall rules. Cloudflare just happens to be good enough and darned affordable, so many choose to use them.
Hosting costs for small site owners would be much more expensive without Cloudflare shielding and caching.