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Re:Cloudflare announced four major new features that could d... by greatsaas12 on Monday October 04, 2021 @10:10AM (#28746935)
Seems like these announcements were part of Cloudflare's "Birthday Week"[1]

More features that weren't mentioned by OP:

- CF released an email routing feature

- They released their domain name registrar (you could previously only transfer, but now you can also register domain names) using wholesale prices. I'd also classify this as a "disruption" because CF is not taking any profit with this one (but they have a lot to gain in terms of data if you route your domain traffic through them.)

[1] https://www.cloudflare.com/birthday-week/

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Re:Cloudflare announced four major new features that could d... by decrypt on Monday October 04, 2021 @11:36AM (#28748057)
One thing that most folks aren't aware is that Cloudflare registrar requires usage of their nameservers. It's understandable, they are selling domains without a markup and need to make money in other ways. For those that want to use a custom nameserver, Porkbun is a great choice.
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Re:Cloudflare announced four major new features that could d... by gnat on Monday October 04, 2021 @12:18PM (#28748859)
What is their business model around having your DNS traffic? Selling your "who looked you up and how many times" data? I am struggling to see what secondary income this enables.
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Re:Cloudflare announced four major new features that could d... by BenjiWiebe on Monday October 04, 2021 @01:22PM (#28749742)
It makes it extremely easy (and therefore more likely) to use CloudFlare as a CDN/DDoS protection. Just a simple toggle, if they're your DNS server.
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Re:Cloudflare announced four major new features that could d... by jiveturkey on Monday October 04, 2021 @06:28PM (#28752997)
to own all the eggs
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Re:Cloudflare announced four major new features that could d... by innocenat on Monday October 04, 2021 @10:36AM (#28747272)
The registrar service has been here for some times, but previously you need to transfer domain in instead of register new domain.
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Re:Cloudflare announced four major new features that could d... by greatsaas12 on Monday October 04, 2021 @10:39AM (#28747317)
Yep, was aware of this, but forgot to mention it. Edited the comment, thanks!
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