i don't understand a business concept that provides essentially a combination between what you get at a public library and what you get at a workplace for a fee

i don't understand a business concept that provides essentially a combination between what you get at a public library and what you get at a workplace for a fee. they are a "salon" for techno-imperialists who think they are too good to stare at a computer at a library or starbucks if they make money though, i guess they prove me wrong.