I expect these rules are a formality to ban users like him.
I also know some users who do >5tb/day of images and get away with sitting on the legacy "pro for all your domains" $20/mo plan. The abuse team is definitely very sympathetic to customers, and I imagine limits are raised if a site is particularly advantageous to have for other abuse protection purposes (like aiding in gathering network intelligence by having tons of unique users).
Ive always wondered why it’s per site. I wonder what the logic was for making it per site if a paid plan used to cover all domains.
However, I won't trust it.. The blog post started with:
> We’ve heard from many of you that you enjoy working with Cloudflare, but cannot support some minimums for our Enterprise partner programs. This program is built to help you get started, with no upfront commitments for qualified partners.
And the enrollment page [2] says:
> Unlike our Enterprise program, our agency path requires no upfront commitments and includes volume discounts on all self-serve customer spend.
But the enrollment page FAQ says:
> There is no fee during the open beta. As we move to early and general access in 2023, there will be $1000/year annual program fee required for platform access and onboarding.
How is a required "annual fee" not an "upfront commitment"?
I've always been bullish on Cloudflare because I thought they saw value in serving under-served markets. However, every year they seem to trend towards the attitude every other tech company has lately. They only care about big, rich customers.
I tell a lot of people to move their DNS to Cloudflare since it's reliable and opens the door to other services that can be useful, but I'm not paying $1k / year to onboard potential customers for them.
1. https://blog.cloudflare.com/self-serve-partners-beta/
2. https://www.cloudflare.com/en-ca/cloudflare-partners-self-se...