Roger Long wrote:
I think a better question would be:

Would the economy and the society be healthier if all roads were toll
roads and no tax dollars were use?

The specific question for this group is:

Will you cruising (and aviation if your are a pilot) be safer and more
convenient if the only weather data available to you is that which you
pay for with your credit card at time of access or get via monthly
subscription?

Point to ponder: The government is not going to privatize the very
expensive searches for sailors and pilots who get in trouble. Human
nature being what it is, how many more of them are there going to be
to look for if everyone has to pay for weather reports?

Another thing to think about. Each private company will have their own
interpretation of the source data. So will you have to subscribe to
multiples services and try to guess which one will be the most accurate?
JR