when accessing any number of official and unofficial nix sites,
nixos.org (not cloudflare), nixos.wiki, nix.dev, cachix.org, etc. I frequently see the “Checking if the site connection is secure” interstitial from cloudflare. I understand that anything unofficial is at the mercy of the maintainer, but comparing this to other distros and languages I have used, it was a surprise.
at best these interstitials are an annoyance, however frequently it will hang forever and sometimes prevents me from accessing the site. is there a strong reason for using this service?
oh, sweet good to note, it is a little tricky to confirm for actual cloudflare things, since they use A records, but I have updated my post. that said, nix.dev, which is sort of official[0], and nixos.wiki were the two sites that spawned this topic.
At some point you need some CDN and cloudflare can be an attractive option but people can turn down their bot protection especially for informational websites.