Yes, you must adhere to the controls that site administrators put in place, like Cloudflare.... You don't get to blast my site with requests, just because you want to...
(b) But you’re a-ok with Google doing this. Gated communities aren’t really good for anybody but I see what you are saying.
The same is true online. Apple's walled garden has kept hundreds of millions of people safe on their device. It's why iOS malware isn't a thing.
> Cloudflare stops much more than just blasts
Exactly. There's even more benefit to Cloudflare than just DDoS. Captcha's for stopping credential stuffing, for example.
But hey if I pay Cloudflare enough, then I’ll get to blast your site and possibly stuff creds at the same time :/