Earlier today #google #cloud #gcp went down took a bunch of *major* #websites #servers down with it, including #spotify , #snapchat , etc: https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/everyt.. And this is one of the negatives to using a #centralized #service ... Imagine if they had even #distributed across more than one #cloud #infrastructure ! They would have still been up!
#crypto #regulation in the #west incoming - you have been warned: https://www.reuters.com/business/g7-fina.. Now #centralized #banks want a bit of that action, after even #paymentprocessors have been tangled up in it.
This is a scary move by #apple - we should not be celebrating all of our data being collected by #unaccountable #centralized #systems https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/08/s.. Offering the option is one thing, but we should always support #alternatives for #robustness ...