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I seriously never get people that love CF (or any company for that matter). Praising 1.1.1.1, giving it free advertising. CF is basically handing over your webs

I seriously never get people that love CF (or any company for that matter). Praising 1.1.1.1, giving it free advertising. CF is basically handing over your website in return for some less work on your part. I get the advantages of it (like less engineer credits wasted, less server maintaining work and probably cost, faster) but actively giving it free PR just doesnt fit right with me. Pay your bucks and sit. They are a Big Tech company, they dont need your prayers.

Dalewyn 3y ago
>CF is basically handing over your website in return for some less work on your part. The older you get, the more valuable being able to just dump your shit on other people becomes.
- waithuh 3y ago
  No i totally get it, i can see myself doing the same compromise. I cant see myself recommending such practice, however.
- ghujiliooo 3y ago
  Quite the opposite for me. The older I get (42 now) the less patience I have for people who sacrifice freedom for convenience. You're ruining it for my children when you do this.
  - midasuni 3y ago
    I’m a similar age. My view of tech was shaped by sites like slashdot and the thought processes which went into that culture, but put control of my equipment as the important part. It was an eye opener when I entered the workforce and found tech people who genuinely loved the Microsoft eco culture, which makes sense given how much stuff was built for IE only. I wonder how world views were shaped with those entering the industry post GFC and with google and aws on the ascendency.
LoganDark 3y ago
I don't praise 1.1.1.1 because it's just a DNS server. My firewall's set to redirect all DNS queries there. It works fine. Could've used 8.8.8.8 instead, but I trust CloudFlare slightly more.
- midasuni 3y ago
  There’s aeverql other providers none of whom are as large as cloudflare - including quad-9 and opendns, and of course your own ISP
  - LoganDark 3y ago
    Yeah, I could've used any one of them, before 1.1.1.1 I usually used Google.

Dalewyn 3y ago

>CF is basically handing over your website in return for some less work on your part. The older you get, the more valuable being able to just dump your shit on other people becomes.

waithuh 3y ago
No i totally get it, i can see myself doing the same compromise. I cant see myself recommending such practice, however.
ghujiliooo 3y ago
Quite the opposite for me. The older I get (42 now) the less patience I have for people who sacrifice freedom for convenience. You're ruining it for my children when you do this.
- midasuni 3y ago
  I’m a similar age. My view of tech was shaped by sites like slashdot and the thought processes which went into that culture, but put control of my equipment as the important part. It was an eye opener when I entered the workforce and found tech people who genuinely loved the Microsoft eco culture, which makes sense given how much stuff was built for IE only. I wonder how world views were shaped with those entering the industry post GFC and with google and aws on the ascendency.

LoganDark 3y ago

I don't praise 1.1.1.1 because it's just a DNS server. My firewall's set to redirect all DNS queries there. It works fine. Could've used 8.8.8.8 instead, but I trust CloudFlare slightly more.

midasuni 3y ago
There’s aeverql other providers none of whom are as large as cloudflare - including quad-9 and opendns, and of course your own ISP
- LoganDark 3y ago
  Yeah, I could've used any one of them, before 1.1.1.1 I usually used Google.