[goksankobe]

Sometimes we just need a single variant of such fundamental services that just "works", but today we, in a very wasteful manner, get hundreds of variants each of which is trying to steal some percentage of the pie. Yeah sure thats how capitalism works and competition fuels improvement, but I think its also ridding us on bringing much more users under a single umbrella to maximize the interactions.

[solardev]

Yeah, it's a delicate balance, isn't it? On one hand having too many similar choices just leads to decision paralysis (and in the case of Match Group's dating services, they are all so similar these days it's kinda pointless anyway... a bunch of false choices with similar algorithms). On the other hand, governments also tend not to be very innovative or user-friendly (tried to handle DMV stuff or taxes lately?).

But I would love to see a model where the private sector can continue to innovate, but the government at some point steps in to buy/nationalize some operations (like a national fiber rollout, or basic digital infrastructure) the same way they build roads or other civil infrastructure.