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Cloudflare says humans could become a "rounding error" as bots generate 1,000 times more internet traffic (www.techspot.com)
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[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I use cloudflare for free. You guys pay for hosting?

[–] dan@upvote.au 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yes, because a Linux server with root access is much more powerful than a platform like Cloudflare.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au -2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Technically…… but why does it need “root access” (I’m dying laughing btw) to begin with?

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago

Why does what need root access? The person paying for the hosting? So they can install software cloudflare doesn't offer for example.

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So I can install any software I want. I'm running my own Lemmy server. I host Odoo and n8n for my wife's business. I have servers running Borgbackup and Borgmatic for backups. And a bunch of other stuff.

[–] kibblebits@quokk.au 1 points 4 days ago

Gotta run it as root eh? 😅