[WhyNotHugo]

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.

[squigz]

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

[dylan604]

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?

[prmoustache]

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.

[booi]

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

[prmoustache]

The keyword was "some".

[devmor]

In the same way that a roadside lemonade stand run by a child offers some of the same services as a grocery store.

[prmoustache]

There are plenty of giants that are super relevant in the global market but get their ass kicked in specific markets by the local offering. Like ebay, Uber, Starbucks, Taco Bell or whichever US brand/company you can think of.

Telefónica is nothing globally compared to Cloudflare. But in Spain it competes in some areas. Exactly where this ban is happening.

It is not hard to see a conflict of interest.

[kevin_thibedeau]

Akamai is the OG Cloudflare, just not as cool.

[miohtama]

And costs 1000x more

[richwater]

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...