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it's actually an interesting scenario. Let's say Google search went away. What services would people flock to, and would they be able to stay up? I guess Bi
by arn 13y ago
it's actually an interesting scenario. Let's say Google search went away. What services would people flock to, and would they be able to stay up?
I guess Bing is the next closest, and it would probably go down.
- Andrenid 13y agoI think more people (meaning non-geeks, non-tech-savvy) would still think of Yahoo before Bing for search and Google-esque services wouldn't they? I know among my family and non-geek friends they would. Some still use Yahoo mail and Yahoo news.
- raintrees 13y agoBut probably only for a short while, then we would see "damage being routed around." But for a short while, it would probably appear a bit like those electrical outages back in 2003 and 1965, to name but a few. One failure/service overload leading to the next... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965
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