You failed to mention that the decision to drop them was made unilaterally by the CEO, and he said it was because he woke up in a bad mood that day. That was why people were talking about it; all you have to do is get on the bad side of someone at the company and they'll try to effectively erase you from the internet, and people will defend it by saying "it's a private business, they can't be forced to host anyone". It was a very visible case of a gatekeeper to a large portion of the internet showing that they're willing to decide what information people can see.
>>dx87+(OP)
> all you have to do is get on the bad side of someone at the company and they'll try to effectively erase you from the internet
This is such ridiculous hyperbole and willfully ignores the reality of what Storm Front is and what they stand for. The CEO absolutely made the right call and Cloudflare has done just fine since then.