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Cloudflare Outage Disrupts X, ChatGPT, Spotify, and More

Cloudflare Outage Disrupts X, ChatGPT, Spotify, &and More

Cloudflare Outage Disrupts X, ChatGPT, Spotify, and More
Above: **Watermarked Getty Image. Kindly Replace** A computer screen displaying a Cloudflare Error while attempting to access a webpage, during an outage of the Cloudflare service, Lafayette, California, on Tuesday. Image credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

The Spin

Tech infrastructure has become dangerously fragile due to corporate cost-cutting and neglect of basic maintenance. Companies prioritize flashy innovation over boring but critical upkeep, leaving overworked IT staff to manage systems that affect millions with inadequate resources and impossible deadlines.

Internet outages are inevitable given the massive scale and complexity of modern cloud systems, but the infrastructure is actually remarkably resilient. These rare disruptions highlight how well-designed the decentralized internet architecture truly is, with robust backup systems and rapid recovery capabilities.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 50% chance that 80.2% of the world population will use the internet in 2032, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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