You want everyone to believe that none of us are capable of seeing the first derivative of an action and reaction?

Cloudflare facilitates DDoS, yet Cloudflare "mitigates" for free. "How could this EVER be a business model?", you disingenuously ask.

Simple - if DDoS are common, then more and more people and companies become afraid of them. After a while, everyone wants DDoS mitigation. More and more people move to Cloudflare.

Whether paid or not, you now control more people. Duh.