I'd be interested to see your evidence for such a statement and better understand what exactly makes you think Cloudflare's mission is to build a proprietary ne

I'd be interested to see your evidence for such a statement and better understand what exactly makes you think Cloudflare's mission is to build a proprietary network? Pretty much most if not all of Cloudflare's services and work suggest the complete opposite to me. Like other commenters, Cloudflare for me is probably one of the only companies I truly trust. I'm not saying that because I'm a big user of there services in fact 1.1.1.1 is the only service I actively use.