Did the forum stop using cloudflare and instead opt for an alternative?

[UserU]

However, the big issue is how powerful these services have turned into in away that once they sneeze, a big percentage of the internet catches a cold. Where in for dangerous times ahead.

There are other alternatives but those businesses are so invested in AWS its kinda hard to make a switch without some major disruption. And back then (even now) reliability is crucial with lesser choices.

[Shishir99]

However, the big issue is how powerful these services have turned into in away that once they sneeze, a big percentage of the internet catches a cold. Where in for dangerous times ahead.

Exactly. I was active here during the Cloudflare outage, and then I couldn't post replies. I had almost nothing to do since I just came from a full, busy day and got some time to be on the forum. So I had to watch YouTube videos and continue to refresh the forum to see if I could access it. The connection dropped several times in an hour or so. I was thinking about what I would do if most of Google's services and Meta's services went offline at the same time. What would be left for us to spend our time on? A few major outages, and we will go back to the 19th century.

[LoyceV]

I was thinking about what I would do if most of Google's services and Meta's services went offline at the same time. What would be left for us to spend our time on? A few major outages, and we will go back to the 19th century.

There's usually a baby boom 9 months after a blackout, so I can take a guess what people will be doing

[arhipova]

This Cloudflare outage became such a big thing for some internet users that even platform like X were flooded with memes regarding this.

Here is link to one such article

https://www.livemint.com/news/us-news/cloudflare-went-down-and-everyone-loses-their-minds-x-erupts-in-memes-after-global-crash-11763478542855.html