cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/30840627

Genuine question, so please don’t be mean to whoever responds. Better to learn than to judge.

Curious if people who are on Cloudflare are considering any selfhosted alternatives? If not, interested to hear what is a deal breaker in regards to using a service besides Cloudflare. I do hear a lot of praise for Cloudflare when facing DDOS, and always happy to learn more!

    • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      11 hours ago

      I bought a domain from NamesCheap for less than $5 USD, and used the Cloudflare issued nameservers. Cloudflare does not require you to purchase a domain through them, but they do require you to use their nameservers for obvious reasons.

      • HelloRoot@lemy.lolEnglish
        33·
        12 hours ago

        you bought one? Like in - one time payment with infinite time ownership?

        • CameronDev@programming.devEnglish
          20·
          12 hours ago

          There are no domains that are infinite time ownership (AFAIK, please correct me if I’m wrong), but its pretty close to ownership. I have the rights to the domain for 10 years, and I get first dibs on renewal after that. So its sorta renting/sorta owning?

        • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
          51·
          10 hours ago

          Like in - one time payment with infinite time ownership?

          It’s like paying off and owning a house. Sure, you own it, but quit paying state taxes (assuming US, or Council Tax and Business Rates for UK etc) for a very long time and find out what happens. LOL