Cloudflare Turns 8 — here’s what we mean by a “better Internet”

Michelle Zatlyn · 23 Sept 2018

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A company building products should ask how each one affects individual privacy, and aim to be a leader on privacy.

Their wordsWhen we build a product, we always ask ourselves how does this impact an individual’s privacy? We want to be a leader in terms of privacy.
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Open standards that everyone agrees on, rather than balkanized networks, are part of what made the Internet great.

Their wordsThis open set of standards let thousands of ideas bloom, and it is part of what has made the internet so great. We’re committed to that idea.
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A one-person business just getting started should not need an IT team to make its website fast and secure.
Mental modelConservation of complexity

Their wordsBut if you’re a one-man shop just getting started, you shouldn’t need an IT team to be able to make your website fast and secure.

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