Comment on The 16‑kilobyte curtain. How Russia’s new data‑capping censorship is throttling Cloudflare

• greenbit@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Wasting time on useless obstacles is bad

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  • anachrohack@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They’re meant to prevent bot traffic to sites

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    • baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de [bot] ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      they also often prevent legitimate traffic from poorer countries, and aggressively so

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      • nexguy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I do not believe they limit it themselves, they just follow setting set by others. You can choose to block all traffic from certain counties of you want. Or not.

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      • anachrohack@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Well thems the brakes!

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    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Except that bots already have a higher pass rate than humans, so the captcha isn’t even good at preventing bots.

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    • greenbit@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What the other commenter said and also accessibility issues, aand overall this is a problem which shouldn’t face the end user at all. Just browsing has become just a nuisance after a nuisance nowadays. Just like cookie modals not adhering to browser settings or hiding the reject all behind extra steps.

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      • anachrohack@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Yeah would be sick if LLMs and bots just disappeared overnight

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  • underwire212@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The obstacles serve a specific purpose though. Do you believe this purpose is unimportant?

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    • greenbit@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As usual, the purpose doesn’t justify the means. The goal could and should be achieved without this nonsense

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      • underwire212@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        How so?

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