1. AI scrapers are now a common source of DDoS attacks.

2. Cloudflare is one of the largest DDoS prevention providers.

3. Cloudflare is now, or soon will be, providing AI scraping services, per the linked article.

I would add that other large tech companies in the same problem spaces aren't innocent here, but given 1-3 it does seem like there is potential for monopolistic behavior here.