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> Companies that provide public utility type services The only "public utility type services" Google provides is phone service through Fi. Nothing else counts
by driverdan 6y ago
> Companies that provide public utility type services
The only "public utility type services" Google provides is phone service through Fi. Nothing else counts as a utility. Even then I'm not sure if being an MVNO counts.
- stareatgoats 6y ago> The only "public utility type services" Google provides is phone service I guess my implicit suggestion that email services be regarded as a type of public utility was a bit convoluted. But gmail is surely a close enough parallel to postal services of old (traditionally a public utility) to be regarded as such. Legislation has simply not caught up with technological developments.
- driverdan 6y agoIt's not. Email is decentralized, anyone can run a server, and there are no email monopolies.