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> Is denial of service not a security thing any more?

It is, but only when a big corp isn't doing it. X is allowed to deny you service without an account and Reddit is allowed to deny you service without uploading your personal documents to Persona.

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That’s not what denial of service is.

what about when big companies drown the web with crawling activity, forcing webmasters to implement fingerprinting and thus massively delaying actual users from accessing webpages that would otherwise load instantly?

The effect may be similar, but the intent is different. You could say the same about a small resource website being put on the front page of HN. Is that a DoS attack? No.

denial of service is when service is denied

Then what is a butterfly?

when a fly is buttered

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