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Re:Is Amazon's cloud service too big to fail? by groby_b on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @03:22PM (#14913745)
That still ranks lower than "sewage treatment gone". Maslow's pyramid still applies.

The sewage plant hits both physiological needs and safety needs (it's a pretty dire health threat quickly). AWS has weak tendrils to financial safety, but mostly affects layers above that.

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Re:Is Amazon's cloud service too big to fail? by ianai on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @03:54PM (#14914028)
The old historical lesson applies. People will say they're rebelling for various reasons. But at the end of the day it's for land, water, or food.
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Re:Is Amazon's cloud service too big to fail? by dx034 on Thursday August 03, 2017 @08:54AM (#14919090)
Receiving your paycheck could be worse. There are ways to deal with water outages. Worst case you let sewers overflow into rivers, as discussed in another comment. If salaries of large companies remain unpaid this would be far more severe for a lot of people.
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