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Isn’t there a point when a company becomes so big and so impactful to multiple layers of our life, that it should be impossible for them to continue focusing on profit alone?

I’m not talking about regulation per se, but holding humans in charge of such corps more accountable.



I don't think it's going to happen unless we decide to nationalize private services that are vital to people.

Why don't we have a public maps system, or a content sharing platform? Services like google maps/search or youtube by now are part of the infrastructure of our society.

The same way as roads/railways or energy production are publicly owned in many countries the same should happen for digital services. In good parts of Europe railways are publicly built and maintained while the trains are privately owned.


today that means "too big to fail". in wall st it's called "jackpot"




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