I always find this argument very odd. There's high quality, international ad-free public services and culture available for everyone. You even get commitments t

I always find this argument very odd. There's high quality, international ad-free public services and culture available for everyone. You even get commitments to factuality and neutrality, in this day and age! sure streaming the <current year> blockbuster costs money, but then again somehow nobody ever complained they had to pay for a movie ticket. Private market pop culture isn't some sort of good that one ought to expect to be free.