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[–] crazyminner@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Of course there was. They're a casino, that's their game. Lie and trick to get a better outcome.

Not defending CF. This article has me thinking maybe I should move to something from the open source community.

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Regardless of whether this is the whole story or not, the advice at the bottom to at least limit your CF dependence is a good idea.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just based on cf response I'm guessing lawyers were threatened along with looking for another cdn.

Are there any open source options? Just based on scale I can't think of any

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 4 points 1 year ago

the problem with open source here is that open source isn’t really a solution… the software is kinda irrelevant: it’s the CDN itself - the hardware and networks - that’s the only important thing… that’s not something you can really open source. that’s just something you have to pay someone for