The myth of free wi-fi
A good one from the comments:
Thats the kind of backward thinking that is causing us to lag behind other countries. Consider this - customer buys burger from shop and goes home vs customer buys burger, gives email address for online access (shop can resell this), checks into location on social network (advertising for store) and hangs around town longer. Which generates more revenue overall? [derby_k]
I dont quite agree with the selling the mail address, but this is why some music labels give away singles tracks for your email addresses, the addresses are more valuable to them, as is the repeat trade.
I dont believe we are entitled to free wi-fi, like everything free someone has to pay, but they make it so difficult to the point where I think most people, like me, just give up.
