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I did not say it was?

A friendly reminder that socialism is not communism. The latter is closer to capitalism as it’s just state-owned instead of privately owned. However, socialism and capitalism can coexist, which cannot be said the same about communism.

Don’t worry, soon you’ll fell numb hearing informations like this, like some of us already do.

It used to affect me deeply too, until I realised people truly don’t care, especially the wealthy ones that have the means to do something about it.

I’m still doing my part trying to follow the principles I believe in, but if you asked me if I’m going to be shouting from the top of my lungs to warn people that we really are getting to the tipping point, I wouldn’t.

The tipping point (for me) was already crossed 15 years ago, and if the masses still don’t get it, then they’ll never get it.

Enjoy life for what it is, following your principles and being true to yourself, but don’t let it bring you down, unless you want to turn into a grouchy old lady, or a man, yelling at clouds.

I have the same reaction. Weed makes me sleepy, and the only good thing about it is some of the wildest vivid dreams I had.

A steam deck might be a cheaper alternative.

Every service that disabled or limited the API has seen an increase in running costs, because people turn to scraping, which costs them more resources overall, and cannot be controlled by the site owners as easily.

Let’s be honest, though, hosting text files with a search bar isn’t that much expensive to justify a response like this.

It’s fine if they want to earn money, but then they should be upfront about it, and not making up stories about fluke running costs. I’d rather see a donation button.

Opensubtitles does not create the subtitles, that’s done by the community, which is being monetised and sub authors get nothing out of it.

One tragedy doesn’t justify the other tragedy, or make it less important. It’s not a competition.

Invading a sovereign nation, killing innocents, bombing schools, hospitals, residential areas, forcefully relocating people, land grabbing, spreading dehumanizing propaganda, threatening to use nukes…

It is exactly the same thing what both Hamas and Israel have been doing.

Not on active duty!

Alternatively, one could also use uBlock Origin cosmetic filters;

Kbin:
kbin.social##article:has-text(/businessinsider.com/i)

Lemmy:
lemmy.world##.post-listing:has-text(/businessinsider.com/i)

I’m low-key impressed how you managed to piss of both, religious people, and atheists, with just two messages.

Look, I get where you’re coming from, but saying Cloudflare collects everything just because they have some access to data is a bit of a stretch. Sure, they might have some data for security and optimization, but that doesn’t mean they’re hoarding every little detail about users. They’re more like the bouncer at the club, keeping an eye on things without memorizing everyone’s life story. So, while they might have a bit of info, calling it “collecting everything” is like saying a bouncer knows everything about the party – it’s just not the case.

That’s not true at all, though. I can see only the basic information, such as:

• Page load time
• Number of visitors per country
• Browser header and user agent
• Referral (if any)

That’s all there is to it. I don’t have access to IP addresses, location data, or behavioural information. I only have access to the necessary information that enables my website to function seamlessly.

I employ VPN, TOR, and additionally, I manage sites utilizing CloudFlare. I can tell you this much: There aren’t many alternative services that safeguard your website and gather statistics while respecting the privacy of the end user. CloudFlare even provides onion routes for TOR users, which I’ve naturally activated for my website. Thus, the issue doesn’t rest with CloudFlare; it’s a tool. The true issue lies with the webmasters abusing their power and using overzealous rulesets.

They could easily apply the same rulesets by utilizing nginx to proxy the traffic and implementing blocks on their side, avoiding CloudFlare altogether. The only distinction would be the increased expenses and a different host, nothing more.

Centralization is an issue, but it’s not Cloudflare to blame, it’s the ISPs and governing bodies. Consider this: who’s the one who initiated the initial block in the first place?

I don’t see the need to vilify Cloudflare. So far, they have shown nothing but respect towards net neutrality, fighting against bad internet practices (like Google), and even standing up to ISPs and governments to protect their users, whether they’re pirates or not.

They have been around long enough (10+ years) to let you judge them and their services through their actions, not rumours.

It’s in the first paragraph.

In 2022, rightsholders obtained permission in Austria to block several pirate site domains and a list of IP addresses that actually belonged to Cloudflare. ISPs had no choice but to comply with the court’s instructions which took out countless Cloudflare customers in Austria. According to reviews conducted by local telecoms regulator TKK, the IP address blocking violated net neutrality regulations and will no longer be allowed.

In other words, only domain blocking will be allowed, IP blocking will not be permitted, and cloudflare IPs must be unblocked again.

Onion. It’s cheap, nutritious, acts as a low-key anti bacterial solution, can be served in a multitude of ways, or eaten raw.

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