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Would wouldn't it be harder for the government to shut down your government provided email than for some corporation? Analogously to turning off someone's water

Would wouldn't it be harder for the government to shut down your government provided email than for some corporation? Analogously to turning off someone's water or electricity, the gov would need a really good reason which can stand in court. Unlike Google which can shut down your account at any point because their automated system detected "suspicious activity".

pschuegr 3y ago
It's a tricky one. The government is less sensitive in some ways to negative reviews - what are you going to do? move to a different countries? while bad PR can still affect companies like Google. On the other hand, with a government you might have legal recourse (if you live in a functioning democracy) and if you can't get any attention on your problem (which is hard enough to do) then Google is going to ignore your complaint.