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YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive crash

davidc4430 — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:50:20 GMT

YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive crash for thousands of internet users

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-12-14/google-gmail-youtube-crash-in-massive-outage/12983376

i was using youtube when it crashed

are we setting ourselves up for trouble relying on these companies?

is it a warning to the furure to not give too much power to big companies?

Re: YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive crash

lyndal1838 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:10:25 GMT

What other companies would you suggest we rely on David?

Any company using the internet can crash at any time....look at Optus andTelstra....and then there are the banks that have had outages as well as retail giants such as Coles and Woolworths.

Re: YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive crash

imastawka — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:30:47 GMT

According to outage monitoring website DownDetector, more than 12,000 YouTube users were affected in various parts of the world, including the United States, Britain and India.

12,000 users worldwide is hardly a catastrophe.

If mine went down, it couldn't have been for long.

I didn't notice.

Re: YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive crash

davidc4430 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:51:09 GMT

@lyndal1838 wrote:
What other companies would you suggest we rely on David?
Any company using the internet can crash at any time....look at Optus andTelstra....and then there are the banks that have had outages as well as retail giants such as Coles and Woolworths.

i dont suggest we rely on any company soley in the future

in the story 1 man proclaimed he was unable to heat his home while because google was down?

what the?

you require a company like google to operate the heating in your home?

i'm pretty sure when coles or wollies have an outage you can still find shops to buy food

and you should allways have some cash on hand 'just in case'

Re: YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive crash

lyndal1838 — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 05:10:18 GMT

@davidc4430 wrote:
@lyndal1838 wrote:
What other companies would you suggest we rely on David?
Any company using the internet can crash at any time....look at Optus andTelstra....and then there are the banks that have had outages as well as retail giants such as Coles and Woolworths.
i dont suggest we rely on any company soley in the future.
So who would rely on You Tube, Gmail or Google for everything anyway?
I cannot think of any large company that covers every aspect of a person's life.

in the story 1 man proclaimed he was unable to heat his home while because google was down?
what the?
you require a company like google to operate the heating in your home?
Somebody should teach him about powerpoints and how to use them.

i'm pretty sure when coles or wollies have an outage you can still find shops to buy food
In recent months when Coles and Woolies have been closed completely because of technical problems there was nowhere else that I could buy food....the next nearest shopping precinct is about 5ks away and without a car it was not possible to get there.

and you should allways have some cash on hand 'just in case'
You mean cash for all those stores which no longer accept cash in case it is contaminated with coronavirus? That includes Coles and Woolworths in my area.
There are no little corner stores nearby now so no chance to avoid the big supermarkets.

Re: YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive crash

hannahmallory — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 06:58:20 GMT

You mean cash for all those stores which no longer accept cash in case it is contaminated with coronavirus? That includes Coles and Woolworths in my area.

There are no little corner stores nearby now so no chance to avoid the big supermarkets.

Didn't you just prove his point?