As many I'm afraid of a future (and present) where big platforms like amazon, google, facebook are essentially without alternative, and laws governing competiti

As many I'm afraid of a future (and present) where big platforms like amazon, google, facebook are essentially without alternative, and laws governing competition and thelike become a farce in the face of "rule by terms and conditions". In Germany though, we recently had a nice case about a nation-wide football (soccer...) arena ban, in which the constitutional court ruled that this constituted a significant obstacle to taking part in regular social life. They pretty explicitely stated that this is not limited to football arenas, but can in principle apply to facebook and thelike. According to this ruling, they'd have to come up with a good reason for banning a user and there would be potential recourse. Very encouraging, really, since the ruling just admits what many already claim: the big platforms are an essential part of private/professional life, really they're more infrastructure than a choice made by the user.