MrSomething

Do you consider PBS to be run by the government? I'm talking about subsidies, not explicit control.

EDIT: Okay so apparently PBS only receives 15% of its funding from the government. I'll have to reconsider this solution.

It still feels like global information systems should be immune from this kind of "pay-for-eyeballs" influence. In a perfect world, perhaps.

Also: libraries are funded by taxpayer money, but do we consider that a bad thing?

Couldn't you say the same for police / fire departments / roads, etc? If everyone uses it, and everyone deserves access to it, maybe it should be publicly funded?