Content Independence Day: no AI crawl without compensation!
blog.cloudflare.com
It’s Content Independence Day: Cloudflare, along with a majority of the world's leading publishers and AI companies, is changing the default to block AI crawlers unless they pay creators for content.

Cloudflare, along with a majority of the world’s leading publishers and AI companies, is changing the default to block AI crawlers unless they pay creators for content.

  • ter_maxima@jlai.luEnglish
    43·
    3 days ago

    If they could stop blocking real users at the same time they block AI crawlers, that would be nice.

    • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zipEnglish
      15·
      3 days ago

      I absolutely hate cloudflare because they always block me whenever I visit a site while connected to any VPN server on Proton, regardless of country. Even when I’m not connected to a VPN I sometimes have trouble with them deciding my connection is suspicious despite not having anything that should trigger it.

      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Make a dummy Google Account, and log into it when on the VPN. Having an ad history avoids the blocks usually. (Note: only do this if your browsing is not activist related/etc)

        Also, if it’s image captchas that never end, switch to the accessibility option for the captcha.