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No, you are so totally wrong. When I want to book an appointment with my doctor, I use an app hosted on Amazon. When I am in lockdown and I want to ask a friend to bring me food, I use WhatApp. When I need to request a tax refund, I use the Tax Dept app that is hosted on Google Cloud. These are not companies anymore - they are critical civil infrastructure. If you don't believe me, just try not using any of them for a month. Imagine if the water company shuts off all service to your house and there is no alternative. They are a private company - should they have no responsibility to give you water or sewage. Such a narrow view...


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