In my opinion, it’s the content and practices that matter, not how well the service works.

In that case you should agree that a publicly traded company should not be left to their own devices since their main goal is increasing shareholder value, regardless what practices they use.

People choose to use most providers because they want to use them.

That’s not true, many people use WhatsApp outside of North America since it has become the defacto mode of communication. There are plenty of people who use them but wish not to.

My point in asking all these questions is that I don’t think it matters if 5 users choose to use something you’re hosting or 5 million, or even if you make money off it.

But that totally makes a huge difference, the more people use your service, the more or an impact you have on society. And the more responsible you should be with how your service affects people’s lives.

If your service is successful because it’s a good service, and you’re being ethical about it, I don’t think that someone should come take it away.

My entire point is that when a company, who has become a monopoly, is no longer being ethical, there should be intervention. If anything, you should be agreeing with that based on what you said.

I do think that you should be obeying laws and paying taxes, but that just reinforces my ethics position.

Look up how much taxes google paid last year.

You made an example with YouTube; what opinions do you have about YouTube, and what actions would you take?

I do like YouTube overall, would change a few though. But regardless of what I like or dislike, I think YouTube has become so influential that it should not be solely controlled by a for profit company. There at least needs to be some oversight.

That you can host yourself? Isn’t that another big company?

Ironically I go to Vimeo when the age restriction thing stops me from watching what I want (I don’t log in).