The clear benefit is that it removes reliance on 3rd parties for something that has become critical infrastructure to most of the world. They would still compe

The clear benefit is that it removes reliance on 3rd parties for something that has become critical infrastructure to most of the world. They would still compete with private social networks over market-share, and probably can attract top talent like 18F does [0] [0] https://18f.gsa.gov/ https://18f.gsa.gov/