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omcnoeyesterday at 7:13 PM1 replyview on HN

I’d honestly expect to see regulatory intervention if they tried this.


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idle_zealotyesterday at 7:35 PM

In a better time I would expect the government to step in a acquire this fundamental service and fund it with tax money. Right now? The only intervention I would expect is a massive subsidy to pay Google to keep providing it, while also letting them continue to spy on everyone's mail (which is a crime, but not if the mail is on a computer, I guess).

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