All property is public property in the sense that the duly constituted government informed by the wishes of the electorate has an iron monopoly on the use of force and in this case enough force to make anyone do anything.
Some internet platform thing stops being socially useful from competitive innovation and starts being an extractive rent?
The public has the power to dictate terms to the people running it. It’s a power the public hasn’t exercised a lot recently, but it’s only been about 30 years since LA 92, a little longer to Watts and Detroit.
It would be a grave error to mistake the public’s kindness for weakness.
Some internet platform thing stops being socially useful from competitive innovation and starts being an extractive rent?
The public has the power to dictate terms to the people running it. It’s a power the public hasn’t exercised a lot recently, but it’s only been about 30 years since LA 92, a little longer to Watts and Detroit.
It would be a grave error to mistake the public’s kindness for weakness.