I meant a cli is essentially a wrapper around an API, you are right it is less complex than a direct call. My point was that now there is an API you can call with this CLI, or a cli you vibecode yourself to call the API or you can call the API directly. Where before you probably could not create an account without going on the website manually. They now have a programming interface to more features of their services. But their cli still feel too complex with the stripe protocol integration. As said in other comments, I probably only want to create an account and register a domain every once in a while so a simpler cli that just wraps the api call would be better.

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I hear your argument. However, you assume CloudFlare pays taxes and utility rates comparable to what other customers pay. That is never the case with large businesses. CloudFlare seems to be less parasitic than others in the industry, but they are not doing this for the charity.

For example, in 2024 JPMorgan received a $77m subsidy to build a datacenter that created only one permanent job.

https://nysfocus.com/2026/04/20/data-center-tax-break-jpmorg...