1️⃣ Massive collateral disruption from football‑related blocks
"Even more hours where people in Spain will have to wonder why their online apps/services are not working anymore" – loupol
"Block Cloudflare is not significantly different from cutting the internet depending on which part of it you need." – debugnik
2️⃣ LaLiga’s court‑driven blanket IP bans
"LaLiga can compel Spanish ISPs to block wide ranges of IP blocks that are suspected of hosting streams." – lode
"The ISPs are following the law." – wmf
3️⃣ Legal streaming is prohibitively expensive > "Paying hundreds of euro or pounds per season … essentially 1/4 of the average take‑home pay." – milkytron
"If you would define it as ‘fraction of traffic’..." – littlecranky67
4️⃣ Piracy emerges from poor service/pricing, not just “free stuff”
"When pirates can charge you money and offer a superior service, it absolutely is a service problem." – otterley
"A good service with good quality at a decent price is awesome but 10 different services all trying to gouge me … led me right back to not paying anything." – quacked
5️⃣ Policy backlash & calls for EU‑level limits on IP blocking
"Cloudflare should be designated as a ‘gatekeeper’ with all the responsibilities to go with that." – embedding‑shape
"The EU should step in whenever country level government doesn't do a good enough job for its citizens." – pay08