• Ulrich@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    What is blocked depends on what the website owner sets as settings in cloudflare.

    And how does the owner know which connections are bots?

    If they have to crawl the web while behaving like a normal human, it will be magnitudes slower and more costly.

    They don’t care, they have trillions of dollars of VC money to power through.

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      The owner sets the level. If they set strict level, all bots are blocked.

      They do care. VC funding happens because the result is profitable. If it is less profitable, there will be less funding because of higher investment risk.

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        If they set strict level, all bots are blocked.

        I don’t know what you don’t understand. These bots are not labeling themselves as bots. They are camouflaging themselves to look like any other type of traffic.

        VC funding happens because the result is profitable.

        No, VC funding happens because investors are duped into thinking the result is profitable.

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            1 day ago

            I’m not and your tone is completely unnecessary so maybe dial it back a bit.

            Yes, VC funding can be profitable. It’s also often not. Like any other investment. Corporations will absolutely lie and blow smoke up their ass if they think it can get them more money.