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doesn't CF protect websites automatically from DDoS?

afaik meant to alert and mitigate, not protect. there are ddos attacks that get through cloudflare's lower tier plans

That’s literally what it’s there for

No, it is there to make money, if their free plan included perfect DDoS protection no one would get the more pricier ones.

Yeah, many DDoS attacks get through cloudflare's lower tier plans, in fact bypassing cloudflare free is considered the bare minimum for a "stresser".