TL;DR: For users, where is the list of F-Droid mirrors, how chosen, and pros-cons of using each? Where is the list of corporate “sponsors” (aka infiltrators?), how chosen, and pros-cons of using each?
By discussion on matrix, IRC channel; reddit discussion; as well as BBB voice chat.
Sponsored account from Cloudflare’s Project Galileo
If you are asking why isn’t everybody making their own software libraries, not funding their projects by begging for money at the local train station, and denying funding from entities that assured they won’t intervene in the project in executive ways or deny services that the project desperately needs, then I can assure you without using libraries funded by someone else you don’t agree with and taking funds from company that does something wrong but the project believes is acceptable when not added as default, then this project won’t progress, You can think your download speed in europe is good, but it sure isn’t the case in other places and cloudflare is the easiest way to ensure it is accessible.
Cloudflare makes both criminals(harassers, ddoser etc.) more likely but also allows site like f-droid to be accessible where it would otherwise be blocked. TLS1.3 will ensure that the cost for blocking f-droid is too high if we use cloudflare or other CDN provider.
Everyone didn’t chose cloudflare. But, a sizable portion accepted it as a viable service for the problems stated above and chose to implement it in a non-default way.