[cloverich]

(tangent) kind of interesting how it resembles a small town in that way. Its a problem those of us in bigger suburbs or cities wouldn't recognize but, once you get stereotyped in some way -- any way -- it can become difficult or impossbile to escape. As the internet is even bigger than a large city -- its the whole world -- you'd naively think it would be even more proressive. In that sense these little fiefdom's provide a regression in addition to the features they provide.

[MereInterest]

I'd go one step further. It resembles a company town, not just a small town. You want email? Better go with one of the big providers, because those big providers flag self-hosting as spam. You want video hosting? Better go with youtube, because nothing else will have enough of an audience to make it worthwhile. Find something out about the boss's friend? (Or the Grammarly plagiarism checker?) Good luck walking to the next town, because the boss owns everything in town.