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The web does not need gatekeepers: Cloudflare’s new “signed agents” pitch

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454 points positiveblue | 4 comments | 29 Aug 25 16:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.021s | source
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jjangkke ◴[29 Aug 25 16:48 UTC] No.45066437[source]▶
I would love to get off Cloudflare but there are no real good alternatives
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didibus ◴[29 Aug 25 16:50 UTC] No.45066454[source]▶
AWS is an alternative no?
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1. miohtama ◴[29 Aug 25 16:52 UTC] No.45066499[source]▶
AWS needs a dedicated AWS engineer while any technical person and some non-technical people have skill to set up Cloudflare. Esp. Without surprise bills.
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2. didibus ◴[29 Aug 25 17:00 UTC] No.45066611[source]▶
I always hear this, but honestly I'm not sure it's true.

It's hard to assess the validity of this versus Cloudflare having a really good marketing department.

I've used neither, so I can't say, but I've also never seen anyone truly explain why/why-not.

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3. ryoshu ◴[29 Aug 25 17:07 UTC] No.45066695[source]▶
Why not use both and find out? Cloudflare is much less technical than AWS, but still a bit technical.
4. hdgvhicv ◴[30 Aug 25 09:42 UTC] No.45073307[source]▶
I thought the whole point of paying a fortune for AWS was to avoid having a dedicated engineer. It’s the cobol of the 21st century.