This is only worth the "outrage" if the predictions of the proprietary model contradicted the publicly available models.
Public-private "partnerships". This is just one of a litany of perverse side-effects of letting for-profit corporations subsume government functions.
Profit gives incentive for development and competition. It also saves a ton of money for tax payers.
Mismanagement of these partnerships isn't representative of this type of deal structures in general. A butt load of public works are funded this way.
Why would profit save money for tax payers? You now just introduced an entirely worthless layer that was wants to extract money.
> You now just introduced an entirely worthless layer that was wants to extract money.
a little simplistic minded to think that government doesn't invariably tend towards rent-seeking and unchecked growth?
I can elect members of the government or campaign against them to change the system, democracy is liberating and freeing in that manner.
Can't do much about a private enterprise without hundreds of millions in capital.
I do see why the elite corpo class favors one over the other.
> Can't do much about a private enterprise without hundreds of millions in capital
they all die generally in less than a generation, governments on the other end have the force of law and can demagogue their electorate and generally outlive any citizen
never mind that, economic forces act on businesses, you can talk about monopolies all you want there's still enormous incentive and instability for competitors to rise up and get a slice of their action
Hoping that things get better after my death is such a sad view of the world. People can enact change and make a better society together NOW, that's what democracy enables that's why it's worth fighting for democratic ideals.
Extremely rich individuals that think they know better than citizens is not a reality I want to usher in, nor is it democratic to allow private enterprise taking more control of a citizens life.
And weather is particularly insidious for it - witness many attempts to lobby to prevent free weather forecasts of any kind, not just emergency, so that private companies could profit from republishing that data.
https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/11/25/weather-i...
What use is a hurricane model if it must be kept secret for five years?