Whether this is an ad piece by a competitor or not, the problem with monopolies is that "the market" (if there is one) gets skewed incentives. Cloudflare has re

Whether this is an ad piece by a competitor or not, the problem with monopolies is that "the market" (if there is one) gets skewed incentives. Cloudflare has received heavy investment by FAANG (+MS) [1] before their IPO, so rather than eg Google or others with a vested interest and capability stepping up the game and invest into new IP control plane-level DDOS protection standards or similar, the situation smells more like a backdoor deal, such as an agreement to not go after a particular market segment. Let's also not forget Cloudflare in particular have been accused to host/hide the very bad boys that make protection from DDOS necessary in the first place. Whether or not that is the case, a quasi-monopoly leaves customers with no choice. [1]: https://petri.com/microsoft-google-and-others-invest-in-cloudflare https://petri.com/microsoft-google-and-others-invest-in-clou...