I sort of wish that google wasn't a private company anymore. Their service is so pervasive and so fundamental to society that I think it should really be nation

I sort of wish that google wasn't a private company anymore. Their service is so pervasive and so fundamental to society that I think it should really be nationalized. Or, since it's international, taken over by the U.N. Or: to attack the same problem from another angle: I'd be happier if we had either decentralized replacements for Google and Amazon and Ebay. I'd prefer these platforms - and the vast wealth and power they create - to be either in the hands of the general public, or in the hands of democracy, than to be controlled by the whims of the nouveau riche.