How so?
However, for the sake of discussion, I'll start out with the fact that a privately owned website is not an example of shared public infrastructure. Think water, electricity and other basic staples of civilization... Facebook is not an example of that.
Fair enough. I'm sure I use some web sites that are hosted on AWS, I did not consider that.
> Same with Facebook and their trackers, unless you block them.
That may be (though I block at least some of them), but that's hardly equivalent. I don't depend in any way on Facebook tracking me. If they stopped, I would certainly not suffer from it.
I use online messaging and online communication more than I use the telephone network.
To me, and many others, these online platforms are as or more essential than the phone system, which is already covered by common carrier laws.
That's why your local grocery store can ban you even if food is necessary for your survival, because you didn't lose access to other sources (stores).
That's your choice, you don't have to use any particular online messaging service. My cousins communicate over steam more than over SMS, that doesn't mean steam is a utility.
And don't worry soon enough Amazon themselves will insert themselves between you and 911 https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/modernizing-911-to...
Edit: I would like to point out my original parent comment that started all of this was in the context of FAANGs not just Google/Facebook