Have you considered that most people might just come in to use the free Wi-Fi without patronizing any product of the business. They might even come very early and leave late.
It can. It depends on the way it is presented and the kind of services rendered.
Are you telling me that everyone that goes there buys a bottle of beer? Unless it is enforced by their staff that before you use the wifi, you must buy something.
Not everyone that goes there buy beer and they don't force anyone to buy. But the people that visited the place for their browsing assignment are forced by nature to buy drinks to quench their thirst or to supplement their staying. Imagine staying in a place for more than 3 - 5 hours is stressful and needs to be quenched with drinks. And there one law there which I forget to mention, you are not allowed to bring in any drinks even water to the place. Anything drinks you need, has to be bought there.
Yes i get your point, but most hotels do this, what they do is to add password to the wifi, then only does who have paid for their rooms or is actually buying something are giving access to the wifi password, and from time to time they usually change the password.
Some of those big companies have a cheaper source of data because they buy in bulk. If the cost of it enables them to make profits, it is good.
