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by anderspitman 1332 days ago
In nature, a lack of genetic diversity in a species isn't typically much of a problem until there's an extinction event, and then it can be a big problem.

You might not feel the downsides of having a huge percentage of the internet going through a single provider until it's too late to change it.

I actually quite like Cloudflare, and I don't think they're purposely doing anything nefarious (just following incentives like everyone), but I think caution is warranted.

1 comments

At least it is not Microsoft, Google or Meta providing the monopoly! For now…
15 years ago Google was considered cool :-)
And 15 years ago it was cool, wasn't it?
Sure it was :-) sadly its true, that you either die cool or see yourself become soulless corporation.