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That looks very much like a false dichotomy to me. You left out:

• advertising (which does not require selling data, this is just an invasive additive)
• donation and volunteer based (Wikipedia does this quite successfully)
• funded from tax income (as are online government services, crown corporations etc.)
• companies that sell something thru the internet l, and website is an advertising or pm selling platform. This accounts for most sites, tbh, from brands to retailers, to marketplaces like Amazon, Etsy, and Craigslist.

These are just off the top of my head. But the point being is that your major premise of obviously false.

Most companies that are harvesting our data are also requiring or pushing for subscriptions now, so the dichotomy is also false in that respect.

Finally, it is clear that millions of people are quite happy to pay reasonable fees for valuable services, which is why so many fee based companies are doing fine.

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Afaiu,

• a real “Free market” is a myth.
• A fully gov. Controlled market is not a free market by definition.
• The problem with the Canadian housing market is not government regulation, it is excessive marketization (and not enough of the right kinds of regulation).

This is a case of “don’t let the bad make bad stuff worse”.

Removing taxes on tips is a stupid, pandering policy that, at best is just a distraction, and at worse a government subsidy to the restaurant industry.

If we want more progressive taxation that benefits low income earners, we can just do that. Why should a barista make tax-free income but not a janitor? I’m fine with reducing taxes for lower income earners and increasing it for higher income earners. But why should it have anything to do with tips?

• https://nyccli.org/
• https://prattcenter.net/our_work/gaining_ground

Building Community-Led, Affordable Broadband in New York City

Tell that to the hundreds of researchers who have their entire research programs and funding prospects thrown into the air, and/or outright cancelled.

Fucking bizarre take to lob at someone fleeing a country rapidly falling to fascism and ethnic cleansing.

These are places I would consider if I were able to go back to school:

• https://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/ece/degree-options/electrical-and-computer-engineering-phd/
• https://grad.uwo.ca/admissions/programs/program.cfm?p=41
• https://uwaterloo.ca/electrical-computer-engineering/doctor-philosophy-phd
• https://www.mcgill.ca/gradapplicants/program/electrical-engineering-phd
• https://www.sgs.utoronto.ca/programs/electrical-and-computer-engineering/

This fact has me considering dropping bell more than the outage itself.

It is totally indefensible for a telecom company to rely on X, steaming pile of inaccessible garbage that it is, for critical communications.

Yep, this basically is a government subsidy to the service industry, which then removes funds from essential government programs, like health and education.

Another step towards an illibertarian hellscape. :(