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The AI company Perplexity is complaining their bots can't bypass Cloudflare's firewall
(www.searchenginejournal.com)
Cry me a river
this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2025
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next step: cloudflare sends hit squads to blow up the source of these slimy data grabber attacks
I really hope Cloudflare doesn't eventually evolve into a shitty ass company, so far I like them very much, and all this massive L for AI only improves my opinion on them.