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Re:YC's request for startups: Government 2.0 by JohnFen on Thursday May 23, 2019 @04:17PM (#19995472)
> It's actually a good thing if community problems can be solved by smaller organizations

As long as those organizations are not for-profit companies.

Re:YC's request for startups: Government 2.0 by p_roz on Thursday May 23, 2019 @04:24PM (#19995535)
That’s not true. If an organization benefits its customers/users in some way, it’s still doing a good thing if it captures some of that benefit in the form of profit.
Re:YC's request for startups: Government 2.0 by JohnFen on Thursday May 23, 2019 @04:50PM (#19995770)
Maybe. My observation, though, is that whatever good thing it may be doing ends up costing people more, and being less good, when done by a for-profit company as opposed to a non-profit organization.

Plus it is becoming increasingly risky to engage with for-profit companies for certain things because of their insatiable desire for data on their customers.