CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Amazon is much more than an online store and delivery service.
Let's connect the dots.
Amazon Web Services was hit with an outage this week. AWS is the company's cloud computing service, and it's used by a ton of other companies.
Streaming services like Netflix and Disney+ were down. Ticketmaster had to push back the sale of Adele tickets Tinder users couldn't swipe right. Even here at WCNC Charlotte, our digital team couldn't post on social media.
The outage also impacted Amazon's retail operations, so your packages might be late, right in the middle of the holiday shipping season.
The company says the issue is fixed, but it's a reminder that so many of the products and services we rely on are dependent upon a handful of big tech companies like Amazon.
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