Internet is no longer accessible?

24 pointsby cute_boi4 hours ago8 comments

gregdaniels4213 hours ago
It is part of what seems like a loosely coordinated effort to get verified platforms to be standard. Like device attestation so we can be more easily surveilled.
One odd thing with cloudflare is most sites are fine, and I click the box, but for some reason I go to some sites and they claim I have been blocked for bot like activity, which seems weird since it should be the same filter from the same provider.
- trickypr3 hours ago
  Cloudflare isn’t just as simple as “bot” or “not a bot”. They give customers categories of how likely a request is to be automated (or a number for some enterprise plans)[1] and the customer decides what happens to your request (nothing, challenge, block, run a worker, etc).
  [1]: https://developers.cloudflare.com/bots/concepts/bot-score/#b...
ericmay4 hours ago
> Banking application will force you to update even if it isn't security related.
This is fine. Not sure how that’s related to the rest of your post.
But for the rest of your post I agree with what you wrote. If a website is even vaguely annoying I just stop visiting. It seems like product managers forgot that friction is an issue. I can’t even access my ISP’s own website and get blocked by Cloudflare.
- jruohonen4 hours ago
  > Cloudflare
  Recently I noticed that many have broken their RSS feeds too by putting the feeds behind this CDN too.
jdlyga2 hours ago
The internet is no longer open. It's behind a series of apps. It's honestly more like AOL than the World Wide Web
benoau4 hours ago
I worry about what would happen if CloudFlare decided I was an adversary, a massive amount of the internet would become completely inaccessible if I couldn't get past their annoying gateway!
- dlcarrier2 hours ago
  It's an even bigger issue for servers than clients, and CloudFlare's CEO understands how much power they have, and is also a bit concerned about that: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/17/cloudflare-ceo-says-removing...
- JKCalhoun3 hours ago
  I'm increasingly okay with that.
  Like mom turning off the TV because I should be out running around.
  - benoau3 hours ago
    It's not always frivolous stuff, like Upwork puts CloudFlare over searching and applying for work.
vivzkestrel3 hours ago
- step 1: modify cookie laws to target browsers https://nednex.com/en/the-internets-biggest-annoyance-why-co...
- rrgok36 minutes ago
  Step 1: cookies disabled by default.
  Step 2: make it illegal to show ads without consent. Disabled by default.
squigz3 hours ago
The only thing I run into in this list are CAPTCHAs and they're not that bad.
No, the Internet is not that broken; you just have to leave the Top 10 sites
Oliveaniss4 hours ago
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