What are the significant limitations of Cloudflare's basic service for video streaming compared to dedicated video platforms?

Significant limitations include the lack of built-in video transcoding for different resolutions and formats, no automatic adaptive bitrate streaming (HLS/DASH generation), no integrated video player, and no Digital Rights Management (DRM) capabilities. Cloudflare's basic service also does not offer video analytics specific to playback quality or engagement. You are responsible for all these aspects, requiring you to implement solutions for encoding, player integration, and potentially multi-bitrate content generation on your origin server or through third-party tools.