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> Presumably, cloudflare is up to its ears in NSL's, illegal wiretaps, etc. If you care at all about mass surveillance, censorship, oppressive governments ... you probably should look elsewhere.

This analysis seems flawed. If you care about mass surveillance, you want their top-tier security and legal teams working for you.

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Their security and legal teams don't work for you, they work for the company. The company can be drafted to work for the government. Just because you pay them, does not mean they actually work for you.

Or even that their interests and yours are even remotely aligned.

They sell you a widget/service. That's where your relationship ends.

That really seems like wishing.

In an ideal world you'd want Youtube's (Google's) legal teams working for you, protecting you against DMCA abuses and alike... but they don't. Not unless you're a top-tier YouTuber and even then it's laughable dice roll as to whether they feel the bad press is worth their time to do anything.

And I don't believe from a bottom-line perspective the shareholders believe it's worth their time to do anything more than provide a platform (no matter how problematic) and market it.

Will Cloudflare do everything they can to keep your content accessible? Sure. Anything above and beyond that? lol. Good luck with that...

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