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title: Web services shut down
date: "2000-12-26T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 2004
description: I've noticed major web services like Pets.com and Finance.com shutting down lately. This trend highlights the risk of losing account data and reinforces why I prefer sticking to established giants like Yahoo or Microsoft for stability.
keywords: [dot-com bubble, pets.com, web services, data loss, internet history]
---

[Finance.com](http://www.finance.com/) has shut down. [Desktop.com](http://www.desktop.com/) too. [NetZero](http://www.freeinternet.com/). And the biggest of all: [Pets.com](http://www.pets.com/) ([chart](http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ipet&d=b)). This is more the [trend](http://www.fuckedcompany.com) than exception. People who had accounts on these? Tough luck! That's one reason to stick to big players like Yahoo or Microsoft.