[coliveira]

The stock market is just a game that rich people use to manipulate money. It is not a reflection of the real world. Consider for example Google, one of the companies with highest valuation in the market. If Google stops working now, the only problem we'll have is getting a few minutes back of our time. Nobody will have big issues in life because one cannot find a web page, view more ads, and watch silly videos! However they will swear that Google is the most important company in the world to justify the money people throw at it. I won't even go to Meta, which is like celebrating that people are using crack cocaine...

[ivankelly]

If everyone using Gmail permanently lost access to their gmail there’d be massive problems

[bdangubic]

you can replace “google” with every company that exists or has ever existed so no sure what the purpose of your comment is unless you are pitching abolishing the stock market. google is what they are because they make shitton of money and will continue to do so (more and more) into foreseeable future. that is stock market, always has been, always will be

[whateveracct]

if kroger shut its doors, my life would be much worse

[SJC_Hacker]

If Kroger shut its doors, you can search for a different grocery store … maybe even on Google …