Why would I pay more/extra for a service I am already buying? I have paid for a portal to the net through my local ISP (NOT AOL) and am providing my own anti-virus and spam blocking programs. It is so easy that I can never understand why anyone would use AOL's memory hogging software and tracking garbage on their computers.
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My issue with AOL doing this is that it could be a Spammers Paradise. Also, I believe that it is also heading towards a direction for which we already get for free (such as Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc...) would in the future become a pay service. I don't like AOL to begin with, but this adds to the question about what they would stop at. A lot of people use their messenger services. What's to say they wouldn't begin charging for that service?
This could end up cutting off a lot of our Troops from their families. Unless they really believe it's a must.
I'm wondering how many people AOL feel would pay for this service? I'm talking about non-corporate users.