If all of the parts of the internet that the average person finds useful goes down, then it matters little that technically “the internet” is not down. If it can’t be useful then it is as good as “down”.
elrik@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Doubtful. By far, most servers responsible for Internet traffic are not running crowdstrike software.
This incident was a bunch of fortune 500 companies caught with their pants down.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
Who do you think runs those servers? What do you think those companies run on their Linux servers?
elrik@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Those companies aren’t “the Internet.” They’re products connected to the Internet.
The OP argument is like saying the Internet is dead because Netflix is down.
CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A lot of people would say the internet was down if a large number of those products weren’t available. Also companies like Google do own parts of the physical Internet infrastructure.