Found this today on hackernews and I think it is time for me to look for alternatives to cloudflare if their CEO will decide to cut a whole country over fines

  • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    761·
    6 days ago

    Let me explain you what are those fines for:

    In Italy, soccer is so powerful that commands the government. They can legally block batches of IP adresses just because one of them could be streaming a soccer game.

    It means if your IP is in the batch (even if you are innocent but just happens to share server with that pirate) you are cut from internet. No appeal, the IP is dead and your only choice is get a new one.

    It’s so dumb that they even blocked google once because of it. Cloudshare is fighting that, and I can assure you everyone in Italy, except the usual assholes licking the politician boots are beyond pissed with the so called “piracy shield”.

    • ILikeTraaaains@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      6 days ago

      I did not experience it personally, but in Spain LaLiga is forcing ISPs to do the same and lots of websites get fucked in the process.

      • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        5·
        6 days ago

        Can confirm, friends there are extremely happy with how they are handling it. Seems everyone loves having half of the internet down whenever there’s a play beacuse they block cloudflare as a whole.

    • SaltySalamander@fedia.io
      2·
      6 days ago

      Seems like ya’ll are pissed at the wrong people about that issue. Be pissed at the organizers of soccer. They’re the source of grief. Cloudflare fighting back against government overreach is for your benefit as well as theirs, whether you recognize it as such or not.