A few years ago, the power was cut to the broadcasting studio of Navalny's organization (a Russian opposition guy), while they were live covering the anti-corruption protests. I guess "this is what happens if you build a platform on somebody else's platform", instead of running your own power plant!
Cutting power to a studio is no more likely to harm someone/deprive them of necessities of life than cutting off the cloud access. Why not "needing to run your own generator" then? Maybe the power company just didn't want to be associated with the protest coverage.
It's time to treat monopolistic/oligopolistic entities providing these services more like utilities; perhaps not as regulated as power companies, but on the same spectrum.
