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>And I think it's highly naive, this distinction between private companies as greedy, interested parties and government agencies and functionaries as objective arbiters of truth and goodwill.

Higly naive?

A government agency can be greedy or good.

A private company is by definition greedy. It exists to make money.

Unlike the second, which does what the owner/director likes, a government can be controlled by a vigilant voting population, that eagerly participates in political debates and raises issues.