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when companies become so big and provide essential services they should be taken over by the government
Which government? I don't want the US to do it anymore.
In a federated infrastructure, the answer is "any or all governments"
Tax dollars support devs who submit PRs and hosting server instances
Would be nice if the EU ran free matrix servers for their citizens.
Germany already runs mastodon for their government ministries.