A lot of providers have basic DNS for free but charge for more sophisticated uses like geo routing. AWS charges for every single thing: https://aws.amazon.com/route53/pricing/

I refuse to use Cloudflare for two reasons:

1) It’s free until it’s not and they don’t tell you where that limit is.

2) If something goes wrong you cannot contact anyone unless you have an enterprise agreement. Just paying them money is not enough to be able to speak to a person. I had serious issues with R2 and had no-one to contact. They have a Discord and you see people posting the same issues over and over again that never get fixed.

That's not the cookie banner. It was just a pop-up that said "Built in the EU" and goes on about how they're privacy-first, transparent, etc...

This is the cookie banner: https://i.imgur.com/CIBQBib.png

This is what you saw: https://i.imgur.com/rp6vbLy.png

Too bad, because it basically said they only use necessary cookies.

I suppose you'd have complained if there were no cookie banner as well?

I mean, that cookie popup saying there's no need for a cookie popup is probably there because someone complained there's no cookie popup...

What you're referring to is not a cookie banner at all (I suppose you didn't read the text, only the buttons).

The actual cookie banner merely says "We use cookies to improve your user experience. Learn more" and has a close button.

Agreed. Their privacy page even says they'll remove data if you withdraw consent, but they don't ask for consent. They also don't mention any you could object to data processing, claiming that "Processing is necessary to perform a contract with the data subject and to take steps toward the conclusion of a business relationship." which is a very contorted interpretation; taking steps towards the conclusion is about making quotes and such. It makes me sour on their claims "Keep your data private, compliant, and fully in the EU. As a privacy-first European company, we help you stay aligned with GDPR. No surprises. Full transparency."

Many people will realize this soon.

Especially if private equity gets their hands on buying Bunny.net.