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> so there's something else going on there Cloudflare free tier as a CDN. They're on the record about why they do it- mainly, it generates large sales leads, m
by dharmab 3y ago
> so there's something else going on there
Cloudflare free tier as a CDN. They're on the record about why they do it- mainly, it generates large sales leads, makes it easier to hire, and provides them a community of willing QA testers for new features.
Hosting costs for a small website are literally pennies a month if your content can be cached. Plenty of truly free origin hosts available. GitHub Pages is a popular ine.
> You're paying for PayPal on their margin
So? Bandcamp charges 15% for small artists.
- amrocha 3y agoRight, so Cloudflare makes their money one way or another. If at some point they decide it's not worth it to host free content anymore then you're out of luck. That's what I mean, there is a cost of doing business and someone has to pay it. It sounds like Bandcamp was a shitty partner too, but the larger point still stands I think.