Comment by afandian
> live in fear of private companies
It's not the _concept_ of private companies. It's specific things that those specific companies do. e.g.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-30/google-an...
Meaningful regulation would mean e.g. air-gapped infrastructure so they can't make inadvertent privacy mistakes. And guaranteed service levels, and a service of last resort.
Google have based built a business model without accountability and transparency. Which is fine, as long as we're not forced to use them by the state.
> It's not the _concept_ of private companies. It's specific things that those specific companies do. e.g.
It's not just the specific things that those companies do, it's the (lack of) structure of rights and entitlements that the users have.