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I just signed up. cloudflare is on the short list of Internet companies that I trust (with the usual small bit of doubt and skepticism!). With just a few reservations, I also trust G Suite, Firefox, and a few hosting companies I do business with.

I have been supporting FSF, ACLU, etc. for years, but the practical considerations that prompted me to be a bit more trusting are Cloud Search in GSuite, Cloudflare offering HTTPS to help get the web more secure, and a deep appreciation for having Firefox available (containers are so easy to use and make me feel more secure in my use of the web).

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I have to mostly agree... Cloudflare has actively participated with a lot of communities to bring better CDN options to open-source projects who otherwise would be overloaded. I'm not sure how much I actually trust GSuite, ironically preferring Office365 to it as there are huge, gaping holes in it's usefulness, specifically group email tethered to a horribly broken secondary interface (groups) and the fact that the product as a whole has languished a lot.

I'm in a position where I do appreciate Google's software, Chrome/V8 and resulting node and electron as downstream projects. However, my trust of Google is waning in light of their incredibly divisive culture all around and a lot of their practices, cover ups and just poor form in the sun-setting of "don't be evil."

I don’t disagree about Google. I really just use their paid services (GSuite, Music/no ad YouTube, purchase books and movies). I mostly switched to DuckDuckGo years ago, and I run all Google properties through a single Firefox container.

maybe you've forgot Cloudbleed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudbleed Thanks for downvoting.

I trust Cloudflare to do their best, generally respect privacy, and not act maliciously.

I don't trust cloudflare to not make mistakes (like Cloudbleed). I don't trust myself to not make mistakes. I don't think there is anyone I trust not to make mistakes. It's just not a reasonable criteria.

I am sorry you were downvoted - shouldn’t happen when people express their opinions. just gave you a +1

Companies are made of people and people inevitably screw up. Cloudbleed made Cloudflare more trustworthy in my eyes simply because of how they handled their (very large, very unfortunate) mistake.

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