> Google can go under and literally nothing will flinch.

Come, come: most email is Google, most phones are Google, most web browsers are Google. If you measured the global impact of any single company going under (with nothing else inherently changing), I wonder if Google might be #1.

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jesterson an hour ago | parent [-]

Maybe it is in your world (and I have no idea where you borrowed that statistics). Personally I don't use any google product and them going under won't affect my life or life people I know to that matter.

Compare this with HSBC going under or say JPMorgan. Or Adyen. Or amazon (screw their retail business - it would be much better for everyone if they die, but unfortunately a lot of companies still build their IT on AWS).

	▲	chrismorgan 2 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I hadn’t thought about AWS. If going under meant that everything just disappeared one day, yeah, that would probably be enough to tip it to bigger global impact than Google. If it was an orderly collapse, I don’t feel I can assess it so well. But the others you name: not a chance, big businesses already diversify such services. They don’t partner with one bank or one payment provider only.
	▲	dwattttt 31 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		13 million businesses use their business offering, 3 billion users losing email/productivity apps would be a noticeable dent in the world (https://sqmagazine.co.uk/google-workspace-statistics/)