Yes, but if these cloud providers didn't exist eventually there'd be botnets that no site could protect against, rather than the status quo of at least some sit

Yes, but if these cloud providers didn't exist eventually there'd be botnets that no site could protect against, rather than the status quo of at least some sites being able to resist them. The idea that the existence of cloud providers that can soak up a lot of traffic is making things worse by causing botnets to get more powerful just seems silly.