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[–] pyria@kbin.melroy.org 6 points 1 day ago

Obviously it is concerning. We have just been given a window of a glimpse as to what would happen if one service in which so many things rely on, gets messed up. Like today I was having trouble logging into my bank because guess what, they rely on CloudFlare.

I've read individuals relying on services provided by CloudFlare, their processes were interrupted.

I know that CloudFlare has a purpose and its purpose is being served, but there's a reason why people love and should embrace the idea of multiple alternatives and hate monopolies.

It would be like, if Comcast as an ISP has a blackout, do you know how many subscribers they have? Some people in certain areas are all that they have so the blackout would knock them offline for however long. That's why alternatives are important.