In my part of Europe the postal service was privatized a long time ago. It works fine, the guarantees on service and rights to privacy etc were put into law and

In my part of Europe the postal service was privatized a long time ago. It works fine, the guarantees on service and rights to privacy etc were put into law and apply to other shipping/postal companies as well. It's a net win for consumers because rates dropped, "order before 16:00 for next day delivery" has become 23:59 and the privacy guarantees now apply also to FedEx/UPS/DHL/other carriers. The group that has all the downsides of this are the postal workers. What used to be a government job with almost no way to get fired and amazing benefits is now a commercial job with higher performance requirements and less benefits.