• elrik@lemmy.world
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    5 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
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      5 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.