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If anything happen to Linux today, like what happened to Windows, most of the internet would be dead. (lemm.ee)
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[–] elrik 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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 3 points 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.