> This is assuming that Cloudflare's interests will now and always align with your own interests, and that their desire to "keep the internet secure" will never lead to them actually screwing over you and your customers.
This is literally the tradeoff of using any SaaS/PaaS/IaaS vendor. Every single one. It's not unique to cloudflare in any way.
Correct. I'm just noting that Cloudflare's mission to keep the internet secure doesn't make them a "safe bet" for any given company, no more so than any other provider.
"Safe" is subjective. Someone else with different values might consider them an extremely safe bet. After all, they're financially secure, reliable (by all accounts), trusted by lots of folks, and have a track record of not fucking up too badly.
This is literally the tradeoff of using any SaaS/PaaS/IaaS vendor. Every single one. It's not unique to cloudflare in any way.