Cloudflare's main "contribution" is centralizing the internet.
You shouldn't blame Cloudflare, they are just a company trying to make some money. The real cause of centralization on the internet are developers who opt out of self-hosting, for a number of reasons.
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CF didn't push the app bundle, or rest api or cron job to prod on its network - the developers who built and maintain applications and websites do.
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Somewhat true. I would phrase it like this: The internet is built in a centralized and broken way, cloudflare sells a "solution" that involves them as a paid middleman.
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