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I do not think Cloudflare was a less-than-peers optimized product when they launched. This is one of their blog posts which describes taking one aspect even fur

I do not think Cloudflare was a less-than-peers optimized product when they launched. This is one of their blog posts which describes taking one aspect even further. I think Cloudflare became big only because they were so much more optimized than others that they offered some services for free that others were not offering. If running costs are high, you only burn (VC) cash and then you exit.

majke 1mo ago
First version was a three layer VM monster, with the main entrance done as HTTP proxy written in PHP.
Voultapher 1mo ago
There is the entirely plausible option of the NSA indirectly bankrolling them to counteract the growing number of TLS connections. We terminate your TLS for free in our server and you don't have to change anything was a sweet deal for website operators _and_ those that want to look at unencrypted traffic. Given enough sustained funding they could undercut competitors and grow to what they are today.