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Cloudflare is a CDN. Nobody is going to use them to store their data even if they are cheaper. If customers cared about price they are already using B2 and B2 is still cheaper than R2.

Cloudflare is not eating anyone. They are just trying to expand their TAM. Cloudflare has always been very good at engineering marketing, and R2 is another masterclass but it will never eat S3

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> Cloudflare is a CDN. Everyone would readily consider using them to store their data since they're cheaper. Customers that care about price may have cheaper options, but Cloudflare has excellent engineering marketing.

> Cloudflare will be eating everyone. They are trying to expand their TAM, and R2 is a masterclass.

Figured I'd throw another overconfident unsubstantiated claim into the mix. I was even able to use the same exact points to argue the opposite position.

Nobody will store their data _now_.

If in 2-3-5 yrs it's proven to be both durable & highly available (I'm looking at your maintenance windows, B2) I don't see a lot of reasons not to move away from S3 as this should be plug & play at this point.

There will be edge cases for highly regulated businesses of course, but for an average startup why not?

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