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I'm really close to just defaulting JavaScript off entirely, the web is becoming so much worse by the day.
It's okay, don't worry. Cloudflare would never use this incredible power for political purposes... ...oh wait, yes, they have and they will again. We've given them the power to censor and with the power increasingly comes the onus to do so, to satisfy the political whims of an elite that doesn't like anything counter to their narrative.
It's okay, don't worry. Cloudflare would never use this incredible power for political purposes... ...oh wait, yes, they have and they will again. We've given them the power to censor and with the power increasingly comes the onus to do so, to satisfy the political whims of an elite that doesn't like anything counter to their narrative.
It's okay, don't worry. Cloudflare would never use this incredible power for political purposes... ...oh wait, yes, they have and they will again. We've given them the power to censor and with the power increasingly comes the onus to do so, to satisfy the political whims of an elite that doesn't like anything counter to their narrative.
I don't doubt this, but do you have more info on what you're referring to on "they have"? I'm a bit out of the loop on that.
That would also explain switching to Chrome fixes the issue.
https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/200170086-U...
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.
I also refuse to complete captchas because I'm not interested in giving a trillion dollar company my free labor to help train their models. I'm really close to just defaulting JavaScript off entirely, the web is becoming so much worse by the day.
To be fair, site owners are in control of those settings.
Which settings would those be? I'm using Cloudflare for a couple of my sites, and if I can fix this, I will. Otherwise I'll stop using Cloudflare.
edit: do not follow my advice