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by zsoltkacsandi 76 days ago
> Open source but architecturally locked in.

You hit the nail on the head.

Cloudflare's new business model is to find popular OSS projects, create a vibe coded alternative that only runs on Cloudflare's infrastructure.

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Sadly, it looks more and more like it. It’s sad, because they were doing wonderful stuff.
Agreed. They are destroying their professional reputation.
I think pretty much every corporation that can have had this thought, has had it. Really "any popular software" where they can provide similar functionality. And I think this is going to happen more often before it becomes less common.