> Nothing in Google's search monopoly challenges the underlying tech behind the internet. Anyone is free to compete...

But it's true? It's still true today. The only worrying part of the story is that google also makes browser and OS, which doesn't apply to Cloudflare.

The above comparison to App Store is even weirder / more ridiculous. App devs publish on App Store because App Store is pre-installed on every iPhone already, so it maximizes the number of users they can reach. Websites use Cloudflare to protect themselves, at the cost of reducing the number of users they can reach. The two situations are so different that "false equivalence" is an understatement.

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lapcat 2 days ago | parent [-]

> The only worrying part of the story is that google also makes browser and OS, which doesn't apply to Cloudflare.

Well actually: https://blog.cloudflare.com/supporting-the-future-of-the-ope...

> App devs publish on App Store because App Store is pre-installed on every iPhone already, so it maximizes the number of users they can reach.

This seems like a weird statement, because App Store is the only way of publishing apps on iPhone. The statement might make sense if you were talking about the Mac, on which App Store is pre-installed, but developers can still publish outside the App Store.

> Websites use Cloudflare to protect themselves, at the cost of reducing the number of users they can reach.

How does Cloudflare reduce the number of users they can reach?

	▲	raincole 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		> https://blog.cloudflare.com/supporting-the-future-of-the-ope... Yeah and if it succeeds (while unlikely) it proves Google-style monopoly isn't that bad and permanent. > because App Store is the only way of publishing apps on iPhone You're going to be really surprised to find out iOS porn game is a thing in Asia :) But that's not my point. My point was Cloudflare and AppStore are very different things. > How does Cloudflare reduce the number of users they can reach? Any barrier would affect the number of users you reach. Even just a capcha or +200ms loading time.