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We've been using CloudFlare for two weeks now for an image serving site. It saves us about 1.5tb in traffic per day. I still don't understand how they can offe

We've been using CloudFlare for two weeks now for an image serving site. It saves us about 1.5tb in traffic per day. I still don't understand how they can offer this for free; I'd be happy to pay them a few hundred USD per month - it would still be a lot cheaper than AWS or any other cloud hoster out there.

tonfa 15y ago
> I still don't understand how they can offer this for free You allow the following: - Add tracking codes or affiliate codes to links that do not previously have tracking or affiliate codes. - Add script to your pages to, for example, add services or perform additional performance tracking.
- phoboslab 15y ago
  We only enabled CloudFlare for two of our subdomains. These subdomains only serve images, no HTML or script files. So I guess we're circumventing their monetization model and will be kicked anytime now?!
  - slig 15y ago
    I'm very curious to hear about this. I'm planning to use on a static content only domain and I couldn't find any info if that's ok.
    - jgrahamc 15y ago
      Yes, that's just fine.
  - jgrahamc 15y ago
    You certainly won't be kicked off CloudFlare and I don't know what the parent is talking about. CloudFlare doesn't modify your pages to make money for itself. It makes money by people paying for premium services.
    - tonfa 15y ago
      > I don't know what the parent is talking about. I'm talking about the ToS for cloudflare. I don't know whether they modify the pages to make money or not, but they make it clear it is a possibility.
      - jgrahamc 15y ago
        That section of the ToS begins: "Depending on the features you select, CloudFlare may modify the content of your site." The examples listed are things that you control, by default it doesn't modify the page.
        tonfa 15y ago
        I see, thanks. Might be worth stating it explicitly ("we won't modify the content unless you allow us to").
- xxdesmus 15y ago
  Those types of modifications you mentioned happen only if you OPT-IN by manually enabling the Viglink app. It's entirely up to the site owner though.

tonfa 15y ago

> I still don't understand how they can offer this for free You allow the following: - Add tracking codes or affiliate codes to links that do not previously have tracking or affiliate codes. - Add script to your pages to, for example, add services or perform additional performance tracking.

phoboslab 15y ago
We only enabled CloudFlare for two of our subdomains. These subdomains only serve images, no HTML or script files. So I guess we're circumventing their monetization model and will be kicked anytime now?!
- slig 15y ago
  I'm very curious to hear about this. I'm planning to use on a static content only domain and I couldn't find any info if that's ok.
  - jgrahamc 15y ago
    Yes, that's just fine.
- jgrahamc 15y ago
  You certainly won't be kicked off CloudFlare and I don't know what the parent is talking about. CloudFlare doesn't modify your pages to make money for itself. It makes money by people paying for premium services.
  - tonfa 15y ago
    > I don't know what the parent is talking about. I'm talking about the ToS for cloudflare. I don't know whether they modify the pages to make money or not, but they make it clear it is a possibility.
    - jgrahamc 15y ago
      That section of the ToS begins: "Depending on the features you select, CloudFlare may modify the content of your site." The examples listed are things that you control, by default it doesn't modify the page.
      - tonfa 15y ago
        I see, thanks. Might be worth stating it explicitly ("we won't modify the content unless you allow us to").
xxdesmus 15y ago
Those types of modifications you mentioned happen only if you OPT-IN by manually enabling the Viglink app. It's entirely up to the site owner though.