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Re:Tell HN: Server Status by colinbartlett on Thursday January 16, 2014 @12:05PM (#7070643)
Sadly, I agree. But only because there's not a viable alternative. It's like if YouTube goes down for an hour, everyone whines but really nothing changes.
Re:Tell HN: Server Status by annnnd on Friday January 17, 2014 @05:53AM (#7075172)
I wouldn't say that. I think they are competitive because they focus on what is important and disregard the rest as much as they can. And high availability is clearly not what is important for success in this case. With Youtube I wouldn't be so sure...