On: Air Canada to remove free carry-on from basic economy

[bagels]

You could also argue that it's better to have some minimum level of service that is useful.

[umanwizard → bagels]

Traveling with just a personal item is certainly useful to me and a lot of other people quite often. You can fit a laptop, charger and a few days' change of clothes in a backpack easily.

[rqtwteye → bagels]

That minimum level is to be flown to your destination.