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Presumably installing free wifi kiosks actually costs money.

• jolux 10y ago
  Yeah but is this something anybody asked for? The signal is always so great in NYC I never even want WiFi. This just seems like a largely pointless intrusion in service of selling more and more targeted ads.
  • morgante 10y ago
    Not everyone can afford (large) data plans. Look at some of the other comments in this thread for anecdotes of people enjoying the free access. Also, your experience with service definitely doesn't match my own. There might always be a signal, but it's not always very fast...
    • jolux 10y ago
      Well this is in comparison to my home in rural Vermont where the signal is always very spotty. I realize people enjoy it but ultimately this was not voted on and thus saying "you asked for it therefore you must deal with the compromise" is a bit shitty. I think I'd enjoy it too if I didn't know the tradeoff, and even then gigabit WiFi would be pretty cool. However Google are not doing this out of the goodness of their hearts, if they were they would not put ads on it. Of course then the taxpayers would have to foot the bill, which would be severely unjust considering the undemocratic nature of this product's implementation in NYC.