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Comment by randunel | Hacker News Reader

I'm surprised they can get past the CF captcha, I still can't. Ever since the beginning: https://imgur.com/a/AzNSreV

It provides me relief that I am not the only one suffering from Clownfair bot protection running amok. Condolences to you.

I moved my code off Cloudflare just because I got frustrated on other people's websites. Being the change I want to see, I guess?

I've started email the customer support of pages that have overzealous CF settings saying that it's a pain and that if they want to keep me as a customer they need to fix it.

Most give a canned response of "we can't do anything" ̄\_(ツ)_/ ̄ but some small sites do something. GitLab has the most annoying CF bouncer and I moved my company off them once I got the we can't do anything about it response.

Humble quite frequently locks me out with theirs and all support ever does is “have you updated your browser and restarted your router?” - it’s clear the agent has no idea what a cloudflare is and it’s not in their list of acceptable escalation reasons

The secret is to never click on the check box. Click anywhere else. I haven't been stuck at the captcha in ages due to that.

Sounds Cargo cultish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult#As_a_metaphor

I have always clicked the check box and never been stuck. Two opposing anecdotes means nothing, there must be more to it.

Someone said services like Twitter, FB or Instagram are walled gardens. Cloudflare said "Hold my beer".

I am annoyed by bots, but I am even more annoyed by the internet being less open and less accessible every day.

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