No Snapchat?! Why the AWS outage was so big
Do we rely too much on the cloud for our everyday apps?
Fortnite, Roblox, Snapchat, Zoom, Duolingo, Delta Airlines, Amazon Prime, HBO, Hinge, Hulu, Outlook, Reddit, Lyft, Slack, Strava鈥� These are just some of the apps which were impacted by AWS鈥檚 recent outage. AWS stands for Amazon Web Services. It鈥檚 the biggest provider of internet support services in the world, meaning that millions of people rely on it for everyday apps like internet banking and social media.
Luckily the issue has now been fixed. But the outage has reignited the debate around whether countries are over-dependent on a handful of US tech firms which provide these services. 蜜芽传媒 tech reporter Chris Vallance chats us through all we need to know. Plus, students and recent grads share how the outage impacted them.
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