The internet kind of sucks right now
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Cloudflare is harmful. Sure, maybe they're doing a Good Thing
today, but who stops them from turning around and selling all of the data they proxy to AI companies tomorrow? There is rarely a good reason to use cloudflare. If you care about blocking bots, there are self-hostable tools like Anubis. If you care about hiding your server's IP, you can use a VPN that allows port forwarding or rent a VPS. Do not use cloudflare. Cloudflare should not be used. By using cloudflare, you surrender your digital sovereignty for a mirage of convenience and safety.(Yes, I understand the irony of posting this from a instance that uses cloudflare)
What stops any domain host from selling us out tomorrow? Why single out cloudflare?
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IRC anyone?
What if I want to actually talk to other people, though?
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I'm not even mod of anything, except of [email protected]
avg [email protected] mod
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Oh noes: 1ˢᵗ world problems.
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Counter offer: Be a huge nerd and hang out on Lemmy instead.
You'll probably be scraped by AI bots anyway, but we have penguins and Star Trek memes. And knives.
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I don't have children. My legacy is running 37 Quora accounts that each answer niche questions very incorrectly, over and over.
Bleach and ammonia is fantastic in milkshakes !
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Try to avoid walled gardens in general.
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I don't have children. My legacy is running 37 Quora accounts that each answer niche questions very incorrectly, over and over.
wrote last edited by [email protected]37 quora accounts, you say? It's a long shot, but does the name Nel Croissant mean anything to you?
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What stops any domain host from selling us out tomorrow? Why single out cloudflare?
Holding your own certs and constantly reviewing your and your users threat models. Cloudflare's excessive control comes from them being a proxy.
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Discord is one of the greedy AI companies training on your data
Even if Discord wasn't doing it, public Discord guilds are known to be scraped by a number of different bots. Previously, it was for spies, cops, and private investigators who wanted to search for messages by username. If those bots could do it before, AI bots will be doing it aggressively today.
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Join a private forum then.
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Oh noes: 1ˢᵗ world problems.
How will we live?The entire world has access to the internet, and it's becoming a problem for everyone.
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Counter offer: Be a huge nerd and hang out on Lemmy instead.
You'll probably be scraped by AI bots anyway, but we have penguins and Star Trek memes. And knives.
You could, yes.
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IRC anyone?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Take me back to the as3 IRC on efnet
Edit: they said I made the scariest version of breakout
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IRC anyone?
This is the way.
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Am I the only person who doesn't care if people 'scrape' my 'knowledge?'
That's the whole point of putting something online. So anyone can look at it. I'm not about to get petty about who has access and who doesn't.
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The entire world has access to the internet, and it's becoming a problem for everyone.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Does the rest of the world have enough fucks to spare for this over their real problems of hunger, war, disease, poverty, violence, illiteracy, toxic pollution, human rights abuses?
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Does the rest of the world have enough fucks to spare for this over their real problems of hunger, war, disease, poverty, violence, illiteracy, toxic pollution, human rights abuses?
Despite their real-world problems paling in comparison to online bullshit, will they live?After instilling division, fascism, and maybe even war, I'd say there's a chance they do not.
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Everyone should be forming real-life groups on discord, be in cells, be part of several, everyone should be linked like chain mesh.
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After instilling division, fascism, and maybe even war, I'd say there's a chance they do not.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Slippery slope: none of that necessarily happens.
As with any tool, it's up to the users.What we know for sure is that these are modern nuisances for people who live relatively amazing lives, so they just make shit up to be upset about.
Other people have real problems.
