jesus X wrote: > > JTK wrote: > > No, as you just said, they do *both*. Why? Because they can, because > > there are enough idiots willing to pay to see advertising in the world. > > No, they do both because they have to. I guarantee you if they could make all > their money and charge $4.95 a month, they'd do it to get a huge market share.
They have a huge market share. So now what do they do rabbi? Yep, jack up the price to whatever the suckers will bear, and pump ads at them to boot. > And even if they do both but don't have to, what's wrong with that? They're a > business, and do so to make money. They lock out unauthorized AIM-clone clients > because that service is free, subsidized with ads, and they don't want someone > else using their network for free. Yep, not even the people that pay for it.
