There is nothing to FREE, for every fucking free utility, someone has to pay.
please don't cling to certain words, get the meaning as a whole.
All I want to say, the free public utilities have been given to us as political bait, I don't deny those utilities have a great impact on the HDI. profit-based utilities mean better investments, better funding, better wages. and better R&D. that's why these countries have better universities, better hospitals, etc.