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We would people try to do a ddos on them. A ddos is a temporary thing. Only time it is worth it do do a ddos is when there is some kind of event thing.

Like if some one wants to get a site down today so people can't vote.

And cloudflare does not really have anything like that. Their customers yes, them no.

We would people try to do a ddos on them.

The same reason anyone ever DDOSes anything: because they're assholes.

This is the most succinct and accurate assessment of anyone who DDOSSes anything.

They're a CDN for a sizeable chunk of the Internet. What do you think happens when you "temporarily" bring it to its knees?

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