The Invisible War for the Internet’s Plumbing: Why Cloudflare’s Ultimatum Could Break the Web Before It Saves It
Matthew Prince isn’t just fighting Google—he’s accidentally building the case for a balkanized internet. And nobody’s talking about the consequences. The Headline Everyone Got Wrong When Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince issued his September 15 ultimatum last week—block mixed-purpose crawlers by default on ad-supported pages—the tech press framed it as a publisher victory. Finally, someone with …










