How did they come up with this idea? Did the algorithm suggest this pattern, or did someone in marketing come up with it?

I will do you one better, HOW THE FUCK?

If you use cloudflare to “protect” your site you are discriminating against browser choice and are as bad as Microsoft in 1998.

😕

fair enough.

though if you aren’t a communist you won’t have a good time unless you have a humiliation kink

I don’t want to make jokes but https://hexbear.net/post/4468531

Some instances block connections from VPN.

I’m not sure, but I’ve heard that some instances log IPs.