Most of the "free" things out there could only be sustained by the near-free money that companies could get in the recent low interest rate environment. Many co

Most of the "free" things out there could only be sustained by the near-free money that companies could get in the recent low interest rate environment. Many companies ultimately had unrealistic business models, creating massive distortions in the marketplace and hurting companies and people who were trying to create actual, long term value.