It doesn't really "detect" anything.
Does it? I assume it uses hits to the "I have a problem with xxx" button after you get to the service from the front page.
That’s not how DownDetector works.
"Tens of thousands lose cellular coverage from AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and more" - https://fortune.com/2024/02/22/cellular-service-outage-att-v... (CNN and most news sites have corrected their stories)
You could image some sort of botnet (with AI for the Blackhat VC capital) causing a complex news story for some benefit.
As long as they can prepare food they can sell it if they really want to.
If the computer is down, no sale can happen.
The issue is that many people don't carry cash at all these days (at least here in the UK)
But 9 Euros for McDs/BK is taking the mickey considering it's just some sorry-ass excuse for a burger, thrown together in a pinch from the cheapest possible ingredients, into a paper bag, in a loud, crowded, dirty joint, employing lowly paid migrants from the job center. It was convenient in the days when it was still cheap, but now it's just overpriced slop.
If I want cheap fast food I get a Döner Kebab for 4 Euros, and this way I'm also supporting a local business not the fat margins of off-shore shareholders.
No one really knows how it works any more and it's the apotheosis of ugliness. We should embark on an effort to simplify dependencies and remove unnecessary technology from our life, rather than complicate it with more for the sake of useless economic growth. Because when it comes crashing down, and it will, it's going to be ugly. (Before you reply or downvote, just ask yourself, how robust can a system really be if virtually all its innovations succeed or fail based on short-term profits in a brutal capitalistic world.)
[1] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-plastics-productio...
There is this new movie about it. It is quite good, but I don't remember the name. Where the ship drives up on the beach.
I honestly think there need to be a "no internet" friday and weekend every year. With the whole internet connectivity closed down to test redundancies.
