Probably not since it got virtually no coverage on TV or in the Mainstream Press.
Two days ago I ordered a Kindle eBook. You know, instant gratification? So I clicked Buy Now, paid, and checked my Kindle.
Nothing.
Zip.
Zilch.
Nada.
I kept trying to Download, I went back to Amazon to make sure the transaction had gone through. No joy.
So I went to the Section on the Website where your Digital eBooks are stored. Or at least I tried to go there. All I got was the "OOPS, that page is not available" notification with the picture of the cute dog.
Strange, I thought. But I decided to wait until the next day to try and find out what happened. Woke up the next day, checked my Kindle and Lo and Behold, there it was. The book I had ordered had appeared. Didn't think much of, it, just figured there had been some sort of a glitch.
Then a little while later I found 2 articles buried on the Internet about just how "little" the glitch wasn't!
In a nutshell, the Amazon Cloud Web Services went down. Hard.
If you owned any Amazon Smart Home products, you weren't a happy camper. Smart refrigerators stopped working, Smart thermostats stopped working. Smart lamps stopped turning on/off, Alexa wouldn't listen or talk to you, front door locks wouldn't let you in or out, Roomba cleaners, TV's, and the list goes on.
This is what happens when you're too lazy to do shit for yourself that can be done with the touch of a button or the tap of an Icon on your Phone.
And just for the ultimate bad news, Amazon Web Services control 33% of the Global Cloud Network.
Isn't that just great? 😐
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/09/how-the-aws-outage-wreaked-havoc-across-the-us.html
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