[edoceo]

a) It wouldn't kill them. They would have to change their business model though.

b) Shouldn't our laws prioritize natural-persons over corporate desires?

Companies don't have a right to a specific revenue model. Humans should have a right to their own identity.

[maxrmk]

My desire is to be able to use those products without paying for them. And to use them with friends and family members that can't pay for them.

[palmotea]

> My desire is to be able to use those products without paying for them.

You can't actually do that. None of those companies are charities.

You pay one way or another.

[samrus]

If you desired to inject heroin into your veins, that wouldnt mean we should decriminalize it

[dotancohen]

Sure, and while we're at it how about busses that you don't have to pay for? And food? And housing, why not?

[thbb123]

In Europe, more and more public transportation is free, or at least very heavily subsidized

The costs are covered by local taxes, to curb on individual vehicle use and reduce congestion. After some hiccups, some cities manage good economies of scale where everybody, including the environment, wins.

As for housing and food, while there the incentive structure is more fragile, at least, we have homeless shelters that are free, and once again, everybody wins: the costs are very low, and cities are far safer and cleaner.

[samrus]

If transportation, housing, and food were paid for by giving private corporations and they demanded to incade our privacy as payment then i would be against that too actually

[thbb123]

But in this occurrence, they are public services, under the public administration's control.

Successful socialism if you want.

[dotancohen]

So where does the money come from?

[IAmBroom]

You are acting as if that is crazy talk. It IS possible. And desirable, to many of us.

Just not going to happen. But the post above was discussing wants.