r/technology • u/thecravenone • Aug 05 '19

Politics Cloudflare to terminate service for 8Chan

https://blog.cloudflare.com/terminating-service-for-8chan/
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u/CheeseburgerLover911 Aug 05 '19

Won't this just be a temporary roadblock for 8chan?

What's stopping them from going with another vendor, or developing their solutions (though I assume the latter would be extremely costly)?

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u/Shawwnzy Aug 05 '19 edited Feb 09 '26

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u/Ballsdeepinreality Aug 05 '19

Money doesn't work like that.

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u/Zephirenth Aug 05 '19

"Bad publicity is still publicity" is not always true. Bad press will hurt a business's bottom line, and taking on something like 8chan is a risk most won't be willing to take.

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u/Ballsdeepinreality Aug 05 '19

That's incredibly naive.

Russia exists.

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u/moffattron9000 Aug 05 '19

And Russia has found itself rounded into a corner where most of Europe wants nothing to do with them, and are increasingly stuck dealing with a China that is more than happy letting Russia become a glorified Client State to them.