I don't follow the point you're trying to make. Steve Ballmer has 70 lbs on Tim Cook, so any article that mentions Cook must mention Ballmer on account of his greater size?

The article was just about how there have been a lot of revoked certs lately and Chrome won't see them. Cloudflare just provided an easy source for the first part. Mentioning Akamai wouldn't have made any difference to the substance or the narrative.