Honestly I didn't know about this instance, but as another poster has mentioned, I don't believe this reflects where Cloudflare is today, and that's who Akamai is competing with.

On a side note, they really don't appear to be making a concerted effort to get out in front of this which tells me that they either aren't aware of the reaction or don't think it's a big deal.

Either way, it just makes them look bad.