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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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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(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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(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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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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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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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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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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