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> the same way roads etc are

Roads are also a model of corruption and inefficiency, fully captured by private actors (in Europe, Vinci etc). And I think there's no way around it past some size, but that might not be the direction we wish for Firefox.

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In the US, road construction is actually pretty competitive. I'm sure there's some corruption, but I think it's done pretty well overall.

The following study lists the U.S. as having "moderate to high corruption" in road construction industries:

https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR25213001321

The abstract out rights says it's just using a PPP adjusted price vs quality measurement not actually studying real measurable corruption just their arms length proxy measurement. All that really shows is the US gets crappier product for the 'same' money (PPP comparisons are really squishy).

And google is full of examples such as the following:

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/construction-company...

Those are much better to point to, I wasn't saying there isn't any corruption more that the study is a bad measure of that issue.

The way I see it, one is quantifying bounds on the scale of the other. Both are relevant.

Yes, we know. We are not saying "privatize the browser" because as you rightly pointed out, privatisation is a guaranteed route to the utmost corruption.

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