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   Frank Slootweg to Paul   
   Re: Cloudflare blocking   
   28 Dec 25 16:50:46   
   
   XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Paul  wrote:   
   [...]   
   >     "Globally, two-thirds of request traffic to Cloudflare came from   
   >      Chrome in 2025, similar to its share last year."   
   >   
   > Oh my goodness, I'm an "outlier", I'm suspicious by definition. This   
   > suggests their "stand and deliver" page checks the UserAgent.   
      
     Yes, Cloudflare seems to be picky about browsers. See my response to   
   Steve: Toptally automatic for Chrome, but I needed to tick the 'I'm   
   human' box for Edge.   
      
   >      "Cloudflare found that Android devices account for 65 percent of   
   >       online traffic, while iOS traffic makes up the remainder."   
   >   
   > The service is hardly agnostic then.   
      
     And they handle over 100% of traffic, or are Windows, macOS, Linux,   
   etc. not "online traffic"?   
      
   > So really, I'm a "flyspeck of dirt on teh Internetz". Who would have guessed?   
   > "All the worlds a cellphone, hello? hello? can you hear me now?"   
   >   
   > Maybe we should be visiting websites with our cellphones :-/ You know,   
   > to "cover our tracks as sketchy users". It would be interesting to see   
   > what the web experience is like for smartphone users, and how many times   
   > they get that page.   
      
     Just for kicks, I tried <> on my Android   
   smartphone with Chrome browser: Let me in immediately, no message, no   
   delay, no ticking boxes. Same for Samsung 'Internet' (Samsung's   
   browser). Go figure!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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