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Matthew Prince on Cloudflare's Free CDN Strategy and Unlimited Bandwidth Policy

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Matthew Prince explains Cloudflare's strategy of offering a free CDN with unlimited bandwidth to attract users and drive adoption of their paid services. The approach emphasizes long-term growth through widespread usage rather than immediate revenue from the free tier.

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