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If it’s free then you’re the product …
by bilsbie 11mo ago
If it’s free then you’re the product …
- jeffbee 11mo agoReally? You're the product of, say, your local fire department?
- petcat 11mo agoLocal fire department isn't free
- smileysteve 11mo agoYour house not spreading fire to the neighboring houses or forest is most of the actual dollar value in a fire department, from a fire perspective. Saving people and a local healthcare force are fringe benefits, accounting wise.
- smileysteve 11mo agoThat's a interesting way to say creating a healthy contributing member of society that leads to future gdp.
- benregenspan 11mo agoHow would this apply to, say, public libraries?
- Eextra953 11mo agoYes, in the case of a business giving out free services or things. But, government is not and has never been a business so this doesn't apply in this case.
- tehjoker 11mo agoThat's true of private enterprise that has a profit motive. The "product" here is healthy well-adjusted citizens that can one day be workers. The public sector is not the same. Although, you could also say the "product" are additional parents that can work.
- 0-_-0 11mo agoThis but unironically