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Re:Google Services Experiencing Disruptions by klodolph on Thursday September 24, 2020 @10:10PM (#24585904)
From what I understand, "mostly". Depends on what you mean by "platform". A couple key differences--search runs at a higher level of redundancy than most other services. And, importantly, it can run very well at reduced capacity.

For example, if you type a search in the homepage or address bar, you start getting suggestions instantaneously. Think about this... if Google decided to only give you suggestions every second keypress, or every third keypress, would you really notice?

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Re:Google Services Experiencing Disruptions by dodobirdlord on Friday September 25, 2020 @12:09AM (#24586504)
Moreover, writes are hard, reads are easy, and everywhere that a write needs to happen when a user does a search can fail gracefully. If this search doesn’t end up in your search history, or doesn’t show an ad, or doesn’t contribute to your future personalization then oh well, you’ll never notice.
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