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I work for the Internet, at @stripe, mostly on accelerating startups. Opinions here are my own.

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    Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 29 May 2019
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    A thing I’m mulling about recently is private public infrastructure, which is notionally private-owned/-provided but which is sufficiently ubiquitous that you can plan around the existence of it in the same way that you plan around the existence of the Post Office.

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      2. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 29 May 2019
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        Examples include the large food chains, which function as de facto public access points into a food supply chain, and e.g. the credit card ecosystem.

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      3. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 29 May 2019
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        One of the distressing things about this model is that you can plan around it right until you can’t, and the things which cause that transition are often complex social issues of the sort that aren’t stress-reducing to muse about idly on Twitter.

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      4. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 29 May 2019
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        (I think this is also true about public public infrastructure, incidentally. You’re trivially able to demonstrate your identity to the government and might assume that is true of everyone. It is until it isn’t.)

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      5. Patrick McKenzie‏ @patio11 29 May 2019
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        (That fact, and ones like it, is underappreciated by folks who worry that the private sector practices exclusion when providing infrastructure.)

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      2. Colin Percival‏ @cperciva 29 May 2019
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        Pharmacies. In many locales, their role as private providers of public infrastructure results in regulations saying e.g. "operating hours must be published 6 months in advance; huge fines if ever not open on schedule".

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        That's a great example. Convenience stores in Japan de-facto are one, both for the indispensable day-to-day use and then the role they play in e.g. disaster relief.

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      2. Kevin Riggle‏ @kevinriggle 29 May 2019
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        This works great until it kicks you off the platform without so much as a “thanks for your fourteen fuckin years of support” or whatever the fuck it was yes I’m still mad Zipcar

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      3. Noah Gibbs‏ @codefolio 29 May 2019
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        I suddenly wonder if there is a such thing as "lifetime-banned from shipping via FedEx." It seems like there must be.

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      2. Adam Thompson‏ @athompso99 29 May 2019
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        Gas stations, Convenience stores, and (as Colin said) Pharmacies all get special treatment in various laws here.

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        Yes, many of the "Shoppers Drug Mart" Pharmacies here actually contain a Canada Post office.

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