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Google Down: The Perils of Centralization – CoinDesk – Coindesk
Google going down was a jarring reminder of the hidden costs of the easy-to-use, centralized systems that permeate the web.
Google was down for only an hour, but Monday’s outage served as a jarring reminder of how much modern existence online depends on the centralized search engine colossus.
From Gmail and Google Calendar to YouTube and even Googles two-factor authentication, the outage temporarily ground online work to a halt for many, including publications that would have otherwise been reporting on the outage.
Moreover, it underscored the hidden costs of the easy-to-use systems that permeate the web, and just how…
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