Comment by greatgib

There is probably the real truth about why providing this generous free tier. The more websites you host from the same domain, the better leverage you have in the field.

For example, less countries or companies, would ban cloudflare network IPs for whatever reason when it means a such big part of the Internet would be cut off. Something when you have to negotiate your peering agreements for interconnection with others.

Also, regarding their ddos and other network security protection, it means that a bigger part of internet is in their direct control and doesn't have to be firewalled like everything coming from the outside world.

It's the same thing as when you look at GMAIL, why it is so generously offered to everyone for so long. But now you imagine that any service provider in the world you limit or consider spam what is coming from gmail? Impossible