> Then if we do, who is paying for it. Simple, whoever wants the news. > In your analogy, Meta & Alphabet are installing a patio in front of the coffee shops,

> Then if we do, who is paying for it. Simple, whoever wants the news. > In your analogy, Meta & Alphabet are installing a patio in front of the coffee shops, and offer samples of the most popular latte of the day for free and you can get as many as you want. Nah, the right analogy is Meta/Google drive a large bus of customers (only a fraction with tickets) to the coffee shop and not everyone goes into the shop. News orgs are then asking Google to pay them for Google driving the bus.