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Unread post by BenFenner » 2021-07-27, 14:10

This is not the first time I've heard about CloudFlare throwing their weight around for dubious "technical" reasons.

You (Moonchild) are probably already way ahead of this, but if you're looking for honesty in tech from a company that offers some (all?) of the services you'll need replacements for, I suggest giving www.nearlyfreespeech.net a look.
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Re: We're leaving CloudFlare - here's why

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2021-07-27, 14:42

That's a shitty nickle and dime webhost. We don't need a shitty webhost.

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Re: We're leaving CloudFlare - here's why

Unread post by Moonchild » 2021-07-27, 15:30

They are also extremely opaque about their pricing.
By the way, for $0.50/day base price i could get a dedicated VPS that doesn't charge "cost is per-item: per web site, per MySQL process, or per domain for DNS, Email Forwarding, and RespectMyPrivacy."
Lots of hidden accumulating costs there.
On top their policy starts off with "nobody likes rules" sorry but when it comes to server hosting I like rules. A lot.

Also, i'm getting tired of having to split and relocate posts that start off with a relevant sentence then go off on a tangent that is barely related and derails threads. Ben, please make new topics if you want to talk about something "by the way" or "you might also like this"
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Re: We're leaving CloudFlare - here's why

Unread post by BenFenner » 2021-07-27, 17:27

New Tobin Paradigm wrote:
2021-07-27, 14:42
That's a shitty nickle and dime webhost. We don't need a shitty webhost.
One man's "nickel and dime" is another man's fully transparent pricing with options to take or leave whichever or whatever they wish and not subsidize services others use but you don't. Full freedom of choice.
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Re: We're leaving CloudFlare - here's why

Unread post by BenFenner » 2021-07-27, 17:29

Moonchild wrote:
2021-07-27, 15:30
Lots of hidden accumulating costs there.
None of it is hidden, as you easily found out.
And while it does accumulate, it accumulates extremely slowly in my experience.

If you'd like to know anything else about it, since I'm using the service, I can try to help.

If you've ruled it out, that's cool, too. :thumbup:
Moonchild wrote:
2021-07-27, 15:30
Also, i'm getting tired of having to split and relocate posts that start off with a relevant sentence then go off on a tangent that is barely related and derails threads. Ben, please make new topics if you want to talk about something "by the way" or "you might also like this"
Understood.

To me, they are related, since I'm not in the minutia like you are.

I'll try to do better.

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Unread post by Moonchild » 2021-07-28, 00:49

BenFenner wrote:
2021-07-27, 17:29
None of it is hidden, as you easily found out.
It wasn't easy to find out. And they certainly aren't upfront about the costs you can expect like just about every other hosting out there.
Nobody in their right mind charges for hosting services on a "per process/db/forward/etc. per day" basis.
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