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The AWS outage reveals the web's centralization problem (fastcompany.com)
4 points by sipofwater 37 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 4 comments


"The alarming reality of the internet blackout: As Microsoft Azure crashes just days after Amazon Web Services, experts warn we're 'seeing what putting all your eggs in one basket looks like on a global scale'": https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15241385/int... (www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15241385/internet-blackout-Microsoft-Azure-Amazon.html); https://archive.ph/DycNr




The article starts with "What happens when key infrastructure providers are too good at their jobs?"

The answer is that they get laid off and replaced with cheap foreign workers, with AI as an excuse, and enshittification immediately ensues.




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