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Well now...
Appears to me that someone at mighty AOL has been stung by the thought that its customers and some of it's peers think it is nothing but a greedy, soulless and uncaring corporation, allthough why it comes to this conclusion NOW after YEARS of complaints from its members and their deserting the AOL ship in droves because of AOL's inaction is a bit hard to fathom.
Of course, it's most likely that they are getting less arrogant as they see the exodus continue while nothing they try does anything to stop it. They had all those people who were willing to pay $24 a month for all those years and now, in typical monolithic corporation fashion, they RAISE that to $27. Can you spell C L U E L E S S?
Of course, they are the ones providing the $9.95 Netscape dial up (since they own Netscape) so, perhaps, they feel they have themselves covered.
Or, maybe someone just realized that they had gotten caught at another money grab by people like me who exposed it for what it was. And, yes, you wait. Spammers WILL pay for their messages to get through. After all, who is to say who the "legitimate" bulk mailers are?
You guessed it: Aol and it's contractor who, bottom line, have a financial interest in it and what is the mantra of the corporation? MORE! Money talks and corporate PR BS walks, pilgrim. You watch how fast AOL forgets after the hubbub dies down.
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