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automated form for me.
Nice. And that got you from 10k to 1M?
You are expected to be well behaved though. You can also lose your quota or API access for severe abuse, like using API to mass upload spam.
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Nice. And that got you from 10k to 1M?
I am at 10m+, keep in mind it isn't 1:1 with requests. Things like GET read only video metadata is one request, but if you are uploading a video, it might count as more out of your quota. You are expected to be well behaved though. You can also lose your quota or API access for severe abuse, like using API to mass upload spam.
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> your home network will get tor-like treatment from many CAPTCHAs and you'll be blocked from anything on cloudflare That will happen if you use any VPN,so that's expected.
The point is that it'll happen for your non-VPN traffic, because you are a VPN server for others.
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These are split into either unknowing people with their computers abused like Hola, malware running proxies being sold, or otherwise. Some mobile games and chrome extensions expose proxies also as a monetisation method. Don't support them. I've been contacted by several of those "SDK companies" that basically turn phones and browsers into botnet drones for $0.01 an install.
Do you know of any reputable ones with a sustainable source of IPs that can be used for scraping?
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The point is that it'll happen for your non-VPN traffic, because you are a VPN server for others.
I don't see any scenario where you would provide VPN services for others without using a VPN yourself.
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Self-funding! This is great, did not expect something like this coming from VC-land SF. We at https://safing.io/ are also self-funded, but also receive a lot of public funding. Interestingly our visions are very similar, but our technical views seem to differ a lot. I think monetizing a privacy product without having the user pay is extremely hard. There will need to be an extremely high amount of transparency everyw…
Thanks! Yeah it's definitely been a challenge, but I think it's worth the effort to try to make sure we're keeping incentives properly aligned and really get things right before we try to scale up! > I think monetizing a privacy product without having the user pay is extremely hard. There will need to be an extremely high amount of transparency everywhere. I would agree with this wholeheartedly -- we're still very ea…
We list everything in detail here: https://safing.io/ownership/#influences