[holoduke]

Maybe the service itself will be crap once run by governments. But at least things are covered by law. things like fair hearings and proper customer support. Now you can be banned from those ecosystems just like they do in dictorial states.

[djschnei]

ummmm, have you seen our criminal justice system?

[barbariangrunge]

Can ordinary citizens without millions of dollars even access the basic torte system against somebody bigger than themselves? The legal system is effectively unavailable to most citizens outside of small claims court because of the combination of precedent (ie, the need to spend a million dollars researching to know what the law is), and the stalling/creating expensive burdens tactics etc

[Bud]

I'm especially entertained by this notion that making a company government-owned will magically ensure "proper customer support".

That might be the funniest thing I've read in weeks, actually.

[holoduke]

Have you ever dealt with business support from Google? If you can get support at all, it's basically bots and auto replies. Even the worst state in the US has better support than Google or any other big software company out there.

[Bud]

I certainly was not claiming that Google has good support. I'm aware of basic reality. ;) But your response does not address my point at all.