Downtime at this scale doesn’t happen often, but when it rains, it pours. Google going down doesn’t only affect Google products, it also affect products connected to Google. App that require authentication with your Google account weren’t available, unless you were already logged in.
This is noticable in apps built this way like Roam.
Local-first applications” seem like the leap forward to the Internet that we deserve in terms of UX, security and privacy.