New York Times tech columnist Farhad Manjoo posed an innocent-enough looking question Tuesday afternoon about which tech brands and products people would drop from their lives.

What’s the order in which you would drop Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook from your life, if forced to — from first to last. — Farhad Manjoo 🐣 (@fmanjoo) May 2, 2017

But the question really stressed people out, despite being just a hypothetical, fun mind game.

@fmanjoo This was extremely stressful though and now I'm upset — Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) May 2, 2017

As many noted, this was like a ruthless, teched-out version of the game "F*ck, Marry, Kill," where you have to decide which of three celebrities you'd F, M, and K. But instead of Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Idris Elba, this was with major tech companies.

@fmanjoo this is the ultimate FMK question. So hard! — Christina Warren (@film_girl) May 2, 2017

@fmanjoo this is a strange game of f/m/k — Ryan Mac (@RMac18) May 2, 2017

In a few short hours more than 400 people responded and gave us a glimpse into people's dependency on their phones, home deliveries, Netflix, and more. Based on this admittedly not-very-large sample size we found some key takeaways.

Everyone's cool with slashing Facebook first

Poor Facebook was easily most people's first pick to remove. Though some people realized their Instagram life would be ruined, but so be it.





@fmanjoo Facebook absolutely (hate it!!), then amazon, apple, google. — Tom Lyczko (@tlyczko) May 2, 2017

@fmanjoo Everytime someone starts their list with Facebook, a share of FB loses its wings — Alex Alsup (@OlMucky) May 2, 2017

Netflix is life

Netflix depends largely on Amazon's cloud service, AWS, to run so people quickly figured out if all AWS-enabled platforms were gone they'd be sorry. This gave a big boost to Amazon's ranking.

@fmanjoo I think a lot of people are only considering Google Search. Then again, if you couldn't use websites that use AWS, it's impossible — Parker Higgins (@xor) May 2, 2017

@fmanjoo @billwasik and then, how might one re-learn the meaning of chill — Eric Harvey (@ericdharvey) May 2, 2017

@fmanjoo But does this include Amazon Web Services? If so, I could drop Apple sooner… — Jamie🌹Phelps📎 (@jxpx777) May 2, 2017

Nobody wants to trade in Google search for Bing

There's also commuters who depend on Waze and hardcore YouTube fans who aren't ready to jump ship to Vimeo or other video services.

@fmanjoo How can anyone live without google? I mean, Bing? Please. — Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) May 2, 2017





@GrayBlue @blakeir @fmanjoo I don't understand people who don't use Google products, what do they use to connect everything and how do they find anything!? — Ashley Schelling (@awoodash) May 2, 2017

People can't remember a functioning world before Amazon Prime

If you can't get free and fast shipping what is life, really?

@fmanjoo 1. Facebook (duh)

2. Google (other companies make their stuff)

3. Apple (other companies make their stuff)

4. Amazon (no Prime alternatives) — Dave Smith (@redletterdave) May 2, 2017





@fmanjoo That's where i ended up. I could not give up Amazon Prime. — Roger Cheng (@RogerWCheng) May 2, 2017

@redletterdave @fmanjoo THERE IS A PRIME ALTERANATIVE. it's called patience man!! — Paul Kalac (@paulkalac) May 2, 2017

Apple is like our second skin, but if forced we could shed it

Even if our iPhones are glued to our hands, they could be replaced with a Samsung Galaxy S8 or Pixel — if really necessary.

@kimbatronic @fmanjoo This is nuts. The only indispensable Apple product is iPad-on-a-plane-with-kids. Otherwise just get a Pixel and Chromebook, you'll be fine. — Aaron Zamost (@zamosta) May 2, 2017

@jraward @fmanjoo Also I've been using and enjoying Apple products since long before any of those others existed. Still really enjoy them vs other options. — ⓢⓒⓞⓣⓣ (@scottaw) May 2, 2017

The overall winner (aka the company that was listed last most often) appears to be Amazon. Getting your groceries straight to your door from the touch of a button is just too good to give up. And the nightmare of losing Netflix and chill is too real.