Let's not confuse on-call firefighters or a water facility staff with the on-call admins that maintain money-making machines monetizing attention of billions. The latter is a net negative on society.
That firefighter is probably using YouTube or scrolling through Instagram to unwind while they’re stuck at the station waiting for a call. Just because someone works in entertainment or ads doesn’t mean that the economic puzzle piece they represent isn’t valuable to society.
I am currently viewing this on ethically sourced rfc1149 (birds gave consent via a scientifically proven “brain electrode interface”), manually decoding packets using an abacus made out of various animal droppings foraged on the forest floor. If I can’t view your content this way, it should not be on the internet.