• Alaknár@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    How did the literal best DDOS protection on the planet and the provider of a very safe and secure DNS suck?

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      By being a monopoly and having a unique chokehold on the internet. Even if we don’t get into their ties with various governments that they inevitably have to have, the fact that they alone can cripple the internet is concerning

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        1 day ago

        By being a monopoly

        How so? There are dozens of website hosts and DDOS protection services around.

        having a unique chokehold on the internet

        Have they ever utilised it in any extent?

        Even if we don’t get into their ties with various governments that they inevitably have to have

        That sounds suspiciously close to “I have zero proof but I think they’re doing X”. Can you elaborate on those government ties?

        the fact that they alone can cripple the internet is concerning

        Imagine a hosting company that’s 100% open-source, 100% vegan, 100% pro-consumer. Their service is so good that the vast majority of the Internet starts using them.

        Do you start hating them at the point where they reach, lets say, 50% market share, just because they managed to grow that large?

        I guess what I’m asking is: do you have any concrete cause for the Cloudflare hate, or is it just a “they’re big therefore they must be bad, because big == bad”?