Like, the whole point of CloudFlare is to someday become a toll booth on your daily commute. They’re not giving this stuff away because they love you, they’re giving it away because that’s the only way to build the toll booth
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Jason Lefkowitz
Like, the whole point of CloudFlare is to someday become a toll booth on your daily commute. They’re not giving this stuff away because they love you, they’re giving it away because that’s the only way to build the toll booth 6 comments
Luci for dyeing
@jalefkowit they’re in for a shock when no one who knows they shield nazis wants to do business with them
Jason Lefkowitz
@zens I don't see them in the In-Q-Tel portfolio, but I would not put it past the CIA to not put all their investments on their web site 😆
Emacsen
I agree with everything you've said, but the trouble is, for those of us who have legitimate needs for DDOS protection on sites, they are really the only game in town that offers all the features that (at least I) need. I spent weeks checking others, and no one else offers websocket protection. |
This also explains why CloudFlare is reluctant to turn down any customers at all, even when the customers are actual Nazis. You can only be the Internet’s toll booth if a huge chunk of its traffic flows through you. And the bigger that chunk, the higher a toll you can get away with charging.
So they are naturally going to strenuously resist any suggestion that they should have standards for who they do business with, because the higher those standards become the less their business model works