Let's say the electric company wants to start a restaurant. So they shut the power to the competing restaurants in the neighbourhood. Everyone agrees it would be outrageous.
Now, what about Apple dictating payment policy on apps in the app store?
Google premiering their own services in the results? Forcing their own apps onto all Android devices, impossible to remove?
These platforms turn themselves into natural monopolies, and therefore they can not be treated as "private companies". Decentralisation would be a technical solution, but meanwhile I think regulation is what will happen.
Now, what about Apple dictating payment policy on apps in the app store?
Google premiering their own services in the results? Forcing their own apps onto all Android devices, impossible to remove?
These platforms turn themselves into natural monopolies, and therefore they can not be treated as "private companies". Decentralisation would be a technical solution, but meanwhile I think regulation is what will happen.