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by vel0city 1372 days ago
The company which delivers water to my house is a utility. I have no choice but to use them.

The company which delivers electricity to my house is a utility. I have no choice but to use them.

McDonald's isn't a utility. There's lots of other places I can go to get food.

Discord isn't a utility. There are tons of other chat platforms available on the internet.

Gmail isn't a utility. There are lots of other email hosts available.

Are you seriously suggesting Discord is the only place to communicate on the internet to the point it's a utility like water and power?

Are Odd Fellows a utility?

Is Hacker News a utility?