At that scale, it might make Cloudflare customers reconsider their affiliations. It might not be as terrible.

By affecting only Spain, the impact is too small for most websites to care.

dylan604 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What other provider than Cloudflare is out there that offers the things Cloudflare does? Why are people not already switching to them if they are available?

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prmoustache 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Telefonica, the telecom company who bought the rights of LaLiga and btained the judgement against cloudflare IPs, sells some of those services through its business services branch.

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booi 7 hours ago | parent [-]

To say that Telefonica offers even remotely the same services and features that Cloudflare does is a lie at best.

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prmoustache 7 hours ago | parent [-]

The keyword was "some".

	▲	devmor 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In the same way that a roadside lemonade stand run by a child offers some of the same services as a grocery store.

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kevin_thibedeau 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Akamai is the OG Cloudflare, just not as cool.

	▲	miohtama 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		And costs 1000x more

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squigz 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

If they compelled Cloudflare to do so, what makes you think they couldn't compel whatever provider those customers then switch to?

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richwater 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, trusting Cloudflare to be the arbiter of the internet will work out great.

Just as trying to make social media be the arbiter of speech...