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Re:It is hard to recommend Google Cloud by re-thc on Sunday September 22, 2024 @06:46AM (#41616162)
> CF could probably get a lot more customers if they would allow you to use custom nameservers for your domain.

Why would they want that? The whole point of CF as a registrar was so you could use the other services. The registrar is sold at cost. It's a way to lock you in.

Re:It is hard to recommend Google Cloud by hakanito on Sunday September 22, 2024 @02:11PM (#41618801)
It would lower the barrier to switch to Cloudflare for new customers, and once they are inside with a credit card on file it’s arguably easier to explore their product offerings
Re:It is hard to recommend Google Cloud by re-thc on Monday September 23, 2024 @02:40AM (#41622981)
It's already "free". How much lower should it be?

So that's not the use of the domains. It's to make it easier / lock in existing customers.