This sponsorship is very important for the project. Not for financial reasons, but because it gathered recognition from the company that creates much of the critical infrastructure and bot protection services.

Without this recognition, the engine could have been blocked by impassable CAPTCHAs, which for the end user would mean the project is dead at its roots.

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minton 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Maybe one company should not be able to decide which browsers we are allowed to use.

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SoKamil 4 days ago | parent [-]

I agree with you. But that’s the reality we have to deal with.

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nkotov 4 days ago | parent [-]

No we don't. We're accepting it as if it's our only option.

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Santosh83 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yes most web properties have voluntarily adopted Cf as their only protection option. Do you or I have the power to get hundreds of millions if not billions of these properties off of Cf? No, so yes they're a reality of the Web at this point, sadly. They can be no more avoided than say the tier 1 ISPs.

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WhyNotHugo 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

What’s the other option?

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l___l 4 days ago | parent [-]

Consumers can pay for Ladybird themselves.

A culture that encourages rewarding creators for their work.

	▲	mr90210 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Sure, as long as consumers are not forced to update which will justify a subscription model.

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andy99 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Agreed, and definitely a sign something is very wrong with the internet.