Critical services like email and search should be treated as a public utility. Those cost money as well, but are affordable to almost anyone, and social safety nets should be taking care of those who don’t.

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bengale 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Government email, sounds great. Sign me up.

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sollewitt 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Government physical mail is pretty great, you just need the right regulations.

	▲	gameman144 an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Government physical mail has the benefit that substantial tampering is way harder to do at scale. It's the same vein as criminals using cash vs Bitcoin; both can hide crime, but one is way easier to scale up.

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teaearlgraycold 40 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

The infra is what’s expensive, and that doesn’t need to be able to read the contents of your email.