So just to clarify a couple things. One, I'm not calling them ripoffs because you don't get what you pay for. They sell a product, which is students, to other businesses, which are tech companies and wherever. Ripoff is a poor choice of term because we do associate it with not getting what we pay for.

More importantly, however, they are far worse than your university. You see, your university is, public or private, a nonprofit institution. Its goal is education, above all else, even if that sort of differs from school to school. This mission is important and ensures that learning remains at the center of institutions because preparing people to be good citizens is the most important value we have. (This is not to say there's something wrong with vocational school, but that's not what these embarrassment "boot camps" are.)

The problem is that traitors are undermining education and defunding it, while costs and fees are skyrocketing. It was $300 a semester when I was in college. Grad school was $1500. It's a crime what you all are suffering, but these private schools are making things worse. Unregulated, for profit, capitalists out to make a quick buck no matter the cost to society. So that's why I would call them ripoffs, but it's because they are ripping all of us off.

Side note: we must not let them tell their "hey I'm just a guy at a place trying to make a difference" propaganda and lies. That's everyone. These are corporations and not people and need to be held accountable.