The issue is that you will always need some type of infrastructure to work. Maybe we need government investment in infrastructure. Having government infrastruc

The issue is that you will always need some type of infrastructure to work. Maybe we need government investment in infrastructure. Having government infrastructure allows a lot of small businesses to work. Take for example the road system. There are so many business that depend on the roads. Imagine if they were all owned by private companies that could kick you off at their whim? The postal system also is very similar, though recently it has been getting less investment. One advantage of government infrastructure is that there are laws and rights such as due process/freedom of speech/etc. I am not sure what that would look like in practice for the digital world. One area that be useful is digital identity. Other people have mentioned it, but maybe having the Postal Service provide you with a secure identity card (similar to what Estonia provides). This would enable “social login” without being dependent on Google/Facebook/Apple/etc. The truth is owning your own platform is beyond what an individual developer or small (or even medium sized) company can do.