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[–] 59 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I remember experts saying 5 or 10 years ago that the increased standardization and centralization of the internet would lead to more frequent and widespread internet blackouts.

First AWS, and now this. It looks like they're right.

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  • [+] 22 points 11 months ago (3 children)
  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Are we just forgetting the gigantic Crowdstrike outage a year ago by Microsoft that halted air traffic for a full day?

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  • [–] 27 points 11 months ago

    Two things happen when we centralize. Doesn’t matter if it’s big business or infrastructure.

    1. Profits go up for the controlling few

    2. consumers get fucked.

    We get fucked when things go wrong, the system fails, our data gets hacked, our power goes out, our rents go up, insurance rates go up… etc etc. MegaCorps all say sorry, give us 50¢ off our next purchase and a free credit check, and carry on while we eat the losses and increasing costs.

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