Hacker News Reader

Comment by Cameri | Hacker News Reader

Decentralization is the only way it's safe out here. Once you give this much power to a monopoly we just look like insects to them. I've moved most of my accounts outside of Google that if I were to lose them it'd be a shame but not a total loss for me. I could then rebuild. Support the little guy today and you will have immunity by decentralization.

View on HN

Honestly, AWS and Microsoft both seem pretty safe right now. This is pretty unique to Google. I keep warning people never to use Google for B2B, and I keep seeing people get burned.

Decentralization means there's a fire ever month, as some startup goes under or pivots. AWS, Azure, and Office 365 seem to take business continuity seriously.

> Decentralization means there's a fire ever month, as some startup goes under or pivots.

Not sure that follows. Startups are often chasing the kind of hockey stick growth only seen where monopolizing markets (or at least their profits) is possible.

Upvoted. Love that you are not suggesting that another (worse?) monopoly (the government) has to come and save us poor devs. We have options and in reality Google is not a monopoly.

Without government enforcing a competitive market the inevitable consolidation will just continue to create and entrench monolpolists. Incentives tend towards one (or a few) winner takes all.

that is very wrong though. Governments or other monopolies don't enforce free markets. People are free by default and act as such, unless someone forces them otherwise (a big government).

Reply on news.ycombinator.com