No, Cloudflare's Matrix server isn't an earnest project
Yesterday, 2026-01-27, Cloudflare published a blog post announcing that they had built a Matrix homeserver that could run entirely on Cloudflare workers. This sounds amazing! Finally, serverless edge-computing for my chat protocol. In theory this brings great benefits, given Cloudflare's dominant global presence. It could even improve access, since lots of networks don't just blanket ban Cloudflare ranges. But, something far more sinister lies in wait.