Just Because Something Is Popular, Doesn’t Mean Its Relevant
If Google being down for 5 minutes, shuts down 40% of the internet, there is something wrong with this picture.
If I can paraphrase Bruce Sterling’s statement below – not only has the concept of the internet shrunk for most people to those 5 sites (Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft), I’ll venture to say that 80% or more of internet users actually never experience the internet beyond what these sites allow them to see.