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Are you using CF as a proxy or only for DNS? I ask because I just went to check my domains on the dashboard (some purchased a few years ago, one purchased just a couple days ago), and none of them have Web Analytics enabled.

I have all my domains set to DNS only, so no CF proxy. Wondering if that is why?

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I just went and switched them to DNS only, they were on Proxy by default, that also should have been opt-in. Maybe I missed the option while switching the nameservers because I did it in a hurry but still.

> that also should have been opt-in.

The proxy is like 99% of why people use Cloudflare

A simple screen when I did the switch that requires explicitly ‘Enable Proxy’ or ‘skip for now’ would have been enough. Also for ‘Enable Analytics’. None of these existed, or not very obvious otherwise I’d seen them.

In the DNS screen there is literally a column "proxy status" with the only color besides black and white being the orange of proxy enabled

I agree it is a bit confusing, but it makes sense if you think about the expected default use case, which is enabling the cloudflare CDN for customers. They expect people to be using their CDN.

I use them for my registrar, because they offer domains at cost and you can’t beat that. But yes, they make it an extra step to use them without using the CDN.

Once you figure it out, it is fairly straightforward, though, and you can’t beat the price.

If a registrar requires you to use their own nameservers, then they are no longer comparable to other registries.

With the supply chain attacks happening in the JS ecosystem, this reminds me to advise against using CDN's.

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