[zuckluni]

I'm more pessimistic. The internet and the apps we use frequently are like a public utility. The space is undergoing an era of massive consolidation and centralization.

This happened with railroads, and electricity, in the past. That period of consolidation was never followed by counterbalanced period of decentralization, a period of people operating their own mini-rail-car services, or micro power plants (solar, but...you know...).

It was followed by steady decline in prices of tickets, expansion in size of monopolies and steady decline in quality of service.

But you know, electricity and railroads became "democratized" just not in a "democratic" way. It's democratized because everyone can use a bit of it for basically nothing.

Then, the companies that made their fortunes often moved onto other high growth industries and the public became inured to the dilapidation, because the product had basically stagnated.

I don't see this company making any statement that suggests to me it can bring about some other possible future.

[BlueTemplar]

Public utilities often end up nationalized.