[hodgesrm]

> The appeal to JD Vance is properly craven and validates the view that their business model is effectively a protection racket.

It's not craven, it's a mistake. It needlessly antagonizes the market at large to solve a smaller problem. I don't see how this benefits Cloudflare in the long run unless they've decided to throw in their lot with the current US regime. If so, what happens when that regime changes?