You won't be able to access 22% of websites, among them many of the largest ones.
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Yupp it sucks.
But it does kind of reaffirm that it most likely is collecting just as much data as google. I hate cloudflare and don't understand why the rest of the world wants to be so dependent on a US ran technology firm after waves arms all this
I agree - there definitely would need to be many more reverse proxy services, because the current dominance of just a handful is making the internet brittle in ways it wasn't before.
Including .world lol
And nothing of value would be lost.
Hahaha.
Just blocking the domain won't do you any good. Half the internet is behind Cloudflare. Even some Lemmy servers use it.
As others have mentioned you are going to have a tough time seeing much on the web without it but I guess it would be a good way to see the web with like zero corpo stuff.
for that reason i block it via uBlock origin because it is an operational reality that i need to see that shit sometimes. the only uBlock origin origin that never gets toggled is wix. that shit can stay the fuck off my screen
this is one reason I have not been very motivated to block ads. its kinda something I want to know about because holy trump they are just lowest common denominator at this point. There is just a whole cesspool that people who have not seen adds since before covid are unaware of.
oh for sure. it's horrifying. people are just existing with overt fascist propaganda around them all the time, and Google has been pushing it hard since 2019
Lots of stuff breaks when you block cloudflare so a better way to avoid its data collection is to use a vpn and clear your browsing data.
This is just turning off your router with extra steps
Is this even the privacy forum? A lot of people here implying OP should consent to the spying for better service. Cloudflare absolutely does gather as much as Google, and with much deeper access. If you can go without those websites, then block Cloudflare.
That seems typical of this community, IMO. It constantly confuses me.
I am of the habit that I block it globally on the browser. Until perhaps a website that I have to use needs it.
I have the detect cloudlflare firefox extension. I avoid sites that use it. Haven't tried blocking it completely yet but I could probably manage.
Can you link that extension please? That way I'm getting the right one. Hope its open source too
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/detect-cloudflare/
You can block cloudflare, amazon, etc. with this one: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cloud-firewall/
I block cloudflareinsights.com which my lemmy instance seems to be using lol.
I have not had that one come up on my logs yet.
for my server i use porkbun this cheap but relaible and my raspberry pi3b for small cloud servers, xmpp, wireguard, works nicely
Porkbun uses cloudflare name servers.
yes it is, they manage dns using cloudflare, but not provide any dtata to them
If you are actively blocking Cloudflare and you are still able to use the web services you rely on then I am genuinely jealous of you.
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