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Strikes by websites- what can an ordinary surfer do?

The recent blackout implemented by Wikipedia has brought forth one harsh realization that ordinary surfers of the Internet had completely ignored. We need the websites on the Internet as badly as the websites need us. It is easy to glibly talk about the fact that the customer is the king. However, the truth is that the customer can quickly become a commoner if the website goes off-line. You have probably surfed the Internet without really understanding that the relationship between the website and the web surfer is a symbiotic one.

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