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1. wmf+Xa[view] [source] 2023-06-05 15:50:28
>>supriy+(OP)
Linux users basically have to install Privacy Pass. https://developers.cloudflare.com/support/firewall/settings/...
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2. JohnFe+6c[view] [source] 2023-06-05 15:54:02
>>wmf+Xa
Yeah, I'm not going to do that. While I very rarely actually encounter cloudflare-related issues on my Linux boxen, when I do, I just figure that's a site who doesn't want me and don't go there anymore.
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3. than3+ke[view] [source] 2023-06-05 16:01:33
>>JohnFe+6c
Unfortunately that's invisible though.

They can never really know that you were there and change action. Just like they can never really know all those clicks are organic clicks for their ad-spend.

Its more of a we trust its this because we don't want to look behind the curtain. Unfortunately.

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4. JohnFe+8h[view] [source] 2023-06-05 16:13:00
>>than3+ke
> They can never really know that you were there and change action.

True, but that's the website's problem, not mine.

I figure that everyone using Cloudflare knows that they're excluding a portion of their audience by doing so, and they've made the calculation that they're OK with that. So if I'm in the excluded group, I assume that I'm one of the people they deemed as an acceptable loss.

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