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Cloudflare CEO bought a newspaper to change reporting about his new house plans

77 points by mike_d 3y ago

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mike_d 3y ago
https://archive.ph/2024.04.17-121225/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-17/cloudflare-billionaire-matthew-prince-fights-utah-locals-over-house-dogs-wall https://archive.ph/2024.04.17-121225/https://www.bloomberg.c...
francisofascii 3y ago
> His new home would cut into a mountainside just beneath an open space that taxpayers had bought for $64 million to fend off future development. I think I am siding with the NIMBYs on this. If you have a pristine mountain side with no homes, don't ruin it with one new house.
- CraigRo 3y ago
  Buy the whole hill then.
- tommica 3y ago
  Crazy how arrogant people can be, this disrespect he shows really echoes the classic "fuck you, got mine" mentality. Not saying anyone is immune to that, but just calling it out when its there.
- esafak 3y ago
  Unless it's one of those barely visible earth-sheltered homes, which he would be a great candidate to buy.
rasengan 3y ago
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- ghettoCoder 3y ago
  You don't think the wealthy using their money to silence the press is a problem in a functioning democracy? How odd.
  - tdeck 3y ago
    What functioning democracy? Would love to know so I can move there.
    - keybored 3y ago
      Yeah, a bit odd to presume that we might live in one when news like this doesn’t surprise anyone.
      - rexpop 3y ago
        Presume we do, or presume we COULD, if this sort of thing is ubiquitously denounced? Democracies don't "work", we "work" them. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, talking about it as though you were helplessly seperate from it. All your nihilism does is accommodate bullies.
        keybored 3y ago
        I ought to be ashamed of myself? Are you my aunt or something?
    - throwway120385 3y ago
      Isn't asking this kind of like asking "why can't you just stand by and watch everything get worse like everyone else?"
      - tdeck 3y ago
        I think it's important not to kid yourself about where power lies in your own society.
underseacables 3y ago
Like cutting off service for websites he disagrees with.
- IntelMiner 3y ago
  You mean like Kiwifarms? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/01/cloudflare-defends-providing-security-services-to-trans-trolling-website-kiwi-farms https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/01/cloudflar... (Granted he did eventually relent. Though myself and many others actively have sworn off ever using CloudFlare and push for others to switch away from it as a result)
LeifCarrotson 3y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067068 Possibly extra relevant because said CEO is a frequent poster here (@eastdakota) and their CTO (@jgrahamc)is one of the most prolific and popular members (karma rank 24th).
- mike_d 3y ago
  He only cared about posting here when it helped grow Cloudflare, now his account is only active in the occasional crisis management PR thread.
underseacables 3y ago
https://archive.is/uFfMP https://archive.is/uFfMP
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067068
chmaynard 3y ago
People still read newspapers?
DueDilligence 3y ago
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Voultapher 3y ago
What a douchebag. I hope he gets ridiculed. Reminds me of a mattress company buying a review site, promising to keep it independent and promptly deleting any bad mentions about their product.

77 points by mike_d 3y ago

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https://archive.ph/2024.04.17-121225/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-17/cloudflare-billionaire-matthew-prince-fights-utah-locals-over-house-dogs-wall https://archive.ph/2024.04.17-121225/https://www.bloomberg.c...

francisofascii 3y ago

> His new home would cut into a mountainside just beneath an open space that taxpayers had bought for $64 million to fend off future development. I think I am siding with the NIMBYs on this. If you have a pristine mountain side with no homes, don't ruin it with one new house.

CraigRo 3y ago
Buy the whole hill then.
tommica 3y ago
Crazy how arrogant people can be, this disrespect he shows really echoes the classic "fuck you, got mine" mentality. Not saying anyone is immune to that, but just calling it out when its there.
esafak 3y ago
Unless it's one of those barely visible earth-sheltered homes, which he would be a great candidate to buy.

rasengan 3y ago

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ghettoCoder 3y ago
You don't think the wealthy using their money to silence the press is a problem in a functioning democracy? How odd.
- tdeck 3y ago
  What functioning democracy? Would love to know so I can move there.
  - keybored 3y ago
    Yeah, a bit odd to presume that we might live in one when news like this doesn’t surprise anyone.
    - rexpop 3y ago
      Presume we do, or presume we COULD, if this sort of thing is ubiquitously denounced? Democracies don't "work", we "work" them. You ought to be ashamed of yourself, talking about it as though you were helplessly seperate from it. All your nihilism does is accommodate bullies.
      - keybored 3y ago
        I ought to be ashamed of myself? Are you my aunt or something?
  - throwway120385 3y ago
    Isn't asking this kind of like asking "why can't you just stand by and watch everything get worse like everyone else?"
    - tdeck 3y ago
      I think it's important not to kid yourself about where power lies in your own society.

underseacables 3y ago

Like cutting off service for websites he disagrees with.

IntelMiner 3y ago
You mean like Kiwifarms? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/01/cloudflare-defends-providing-security-services-to-trans-trolling-website-kiwi-farms https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/sep/01/cloudflar... (Granted he did eventually relent. Though myself and many others actively have sworn off ever using CloudFlare and push for others to switch away from it as a result)

LeifCarrotson 3y ago

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067068 Possibly extra relevant because said CEO is a frequent poster here (@eastdakota) and their CTO (@jgrahamc)is one of the most prolific and popular members (karma rank 24th).

mike_d 3y ago
He only cared about posting here when it helped grow Cloudflare, now his account is only active in the occasional crisis management PR thread.

underseacables 3y ago

https://archive.is/uFfMP https://archive.is/uFfMP

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

[dupe] Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40067068

chmaynard 3y ago

People still read newspapers?

DueDilligence 3y ago

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Voultapher 3y ago

What a douchebag. I hope he gets ridiculed. Reminds me of a mattress company buying a review site, promising to keep it independent and promptly deleting any bad mentions about their product.