Correct, though actually isn't CloudFront just a CNAME that could work with any provider? One reason you might want something more advanced like Route 53 is if

Correct, though actually isn't CloudFront just a CNAME that could work with any provider? One reason you might want something more advanced like Route 53 is if you wanted to point the "naked" domain (example.com vs www.example.com) to CloudFront. You can't just use a CNAME on an apex record, you need to use something like Route 53's "Alias" records.