Re:Cloudflare’s 2022 Annual Founders’ Letter
by jacooper on Sunday September 25, 2022 @07:30PM
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I can't deny that Cloudflare seems to be one of the companies that have a more positive impact on the internet than others.
But I am still reserved about using Cloudflare because of my concerns about how much cloudflare centralizes the internet, Cloudflare's Webserver currently controls 20% of the internet(1), which is absolutely huge for a single entity.
I think if Cloudflares aim is to really to protect the internet, it should at least offer another option to just use DDOS protection without a reverse proxy, a way to protect websites without proxying everything Cloudflare with the huge amount of trust that requires, for the same price as the proxying service.
But I am still reserved about using Cloudflare because of my concerns about how much cloudflare centralizes the internet, Cloudflare's Webserver currently controls 20% of the internet(1), which is absolutely huge for a single entity.
I think if Cloudflares aim is to really to protect the internet, it should at least offer another option to just use DDOS protection without a reverse proxy, a way to protect websites without proxying everything Cloudflare with the huge amount of trust that requires, for the same price as the proxying service.
1. https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/web_server