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If Google or Facebook offered Cloudflare $100B they’d probably have to take it. Add a quick TOS change and we are s-o-l. Hello gigantic super revenue earning ce
by WORMS_EAT_WORMS 4y ago
If Google or Facebook offered Cloudflare $100B they’d probably have to take it. Add a quick TOS change and we are s-o-l. Hello gigantic super revenue earning centralized ad network (!$!$!).
In all seriousness, I don’t see Cloudflare centralizing the web. I see them decentralizing it by empowering smaller folks with easier tools for scale.
It’s a stretch of argument / not perfect —- but I am glad the competition exists. It makes sense for Cloudflare to be big and privacy focused when competing in the big net real estate space of the modern web.
- cryptonym 4y agoDecentralising where compute is running but centralising a lot in terms of technologies and actors. While the first is about efficiency, the later is about freedom and resiliency.
- WORMS_EAT_WORMS 4y agoYep. I see your point (it is an exhausted but not invalid argument hence the CEO’s comment above) and just disagree. Time will tell!
- majke 4y agoCloudflare's core asset is the trust. Sure, it's possible to capitalize on that, but then the game is over. I think everyone is aware of that.