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The AWS outage and the perils of centralization

The AWS outage and the perils of centralization

Update: 2021-12-10
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Netflix, Venmo, and Roomba were all down for hours on Tuesday. Why? Because they all use Amazon Web Services. We are incredibly reliant on just a small handful of solutions to power our entire society. Is that a smart idea? What if the web3/decentralized crowd have a point... 


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I hold $AMZN. This content is for informational and entertainment purposes only and is not financial advice.

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The AWS outage and the perils of centralization

The AWS outage and the perils of centralization

Paul Canetti