Winston_Smith wrote:

Full disclosu I'm in alt.survival. I'm always thinking in terms of
what if the standard way of the world goes bad. How do I live off-grid
with minimal dependence on outside products and services. If you see
the world going on forever, just getting better and better, ignore me.
You are probably right, but I'm keeping my options open.


It's that dependence that is the Achilles heel. People may rethink if
something like AWS goes down hard for a few days.