[SquishyPanda23]

> If people are willing to pay money for a service, that service is by definition valuable.

This is only true if you define "value" to mean "people are willing to pay money for it."

But that's a useless and circular definition. It's only tolerated because assuming that money is a proxy for value was useful for making crude models in economics.

[mdorazio]

You're welcome to provide a better definition.

[JohnFen]

"Value" is providing a benefit that is greater than the cost.