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Nothing is bullet proof. Even resilient systems like Amazon’s S3 are subject to human error, it’s not like Netflix being down is the end of the world.

• circa 8y ago
  True but you know people will act like it is.
• perfmode 8y ago
  true. netflix is probably the world’s least critical system at global scale.
  • Rjevski 8y ago
    Ad networks would be the least critical. Netflix at least provides content some people actually want. I have yet to hear someone say "I want to see ads".
    • vageli 8y ago
      > Ad networks would be the least critical. Netflix at least provides content some people actually want. I have yet to hear someone say "I want to see ads". That's actually a commonly-heard phrase in the US around Superbowl time.
      • mike-cardwell 8y ago
        Well, when the alternative is watching American football...
        • ihsw2 8y ago
          > watching American football Are you referring to the 17 minutes per hour of actual gameplay, the 21 minutes of rambling commentary/sports celebrity gossip, or the 22 minutes of ad spots?
      • mkirklions 8y ago
        Upon recent years of dissapointment, I no longer watch superbowl ads. I think there was a massive marketing campaign to get people to pay attention to superbowl ads claiming they are funny. They've just turned into ads in recent years.
        • glenneroo 8y ago
          And if the curiosity gets the better of you, numerous people upload them all to YouTube, often bundled together in one long clip (unfortunately too often with meager attempts at witty commentary).
        • mrep 8y ago
          I thought the amazon alexa one this year was really funny: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6-8DQALGt4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6-8DQALGt4
    • quakenul 8y ago
      Certainly not, considering how heavily businesses rely on ad networks as a source of revenue (both by selling ad space but even more so by buying ad space and advertising their products)
      • Rjevski 8y ago
        Do their employees and CEOs actually say "I want to see ads"? Nope.
        • quakenul 8y ago
          I fail to see how any employees/CEOs personal ad viewing preference would be relevant here. Employees, CEOs and businesses in general like generating cash and/or getting paid. If an ad network being down hinders their ability to do so, then that seems pretty critical to me.
        • manigandham 8y ago
          Do they want to stay in business and keep their jobs? Yes.
    • vbezhenar 8y ago
      Many people won't be happy if their salary would be delayed because ad network was down and website didn't generate enough income to pay expenses.
      • Rjevski 8y ago
        They are welcome to jump ship to companies that sell an actual product and don't profit off wasting everyone else's time with their ads. Sorry but I really have no sympathy for people that happily waste my time by showing me irrelevant content, trying to sell me garbage or flood my mailbox at every opportunity (the only reason my mailbox is clean is because I am allergic to any web form that asks for my email).
        • kasey_junk 8y ago
          Just curious, do you use any google products?
          • Rjevski 8y ago
            I only use Search, and even then I'm trying to cut down as much as possible by using DuckDuckGo. I don't have anything against Google per-se, by the way. I'd be happy to pay for their services should they allow me to do so.
            • kasey_junk 8y ago
              But you at least recognize that ad supported businesses have solved some fairly interesting technical challenges like: - email spam - search - fast dns - secure browsing - giant linux forks And that we would be unlikely to have such things in a pay for everything model?
  • beberlei 8y ago
    consider the increase in child birth rate by this outage. lives will be forever changed :-)