Chuck Simmons wrote: > However, the TANSTAFL principle applies. You don't pay money and you > learn to ignore ads. More than 50 years of commercial TV proves that it > works. It's a no brainer that the same idea can work on the Internet. > Indeed, TANSTAFL is the rule. It is not my rule, Grasshopper. It is > Nature's rule.
Plus there's the fact that the ads subsidize all the proprietary content on AOL (if you subscribe to THAT service, which isn't free), keeping the price where it is. ISPs that do not provide any content themselves charge the same amount, and have no ads. AOL provides content, and must either charge more for it, or run ads. They chose the latter. -- jesus X [ Booze-fueled paragon of pointless cruelty and wanton sadism. ] email [ jesusx @ who.net ] web [ http://www.mozillanews.org ] tag [ The Universe: It's everywhere you want to be. ] warning [ "I hate cats. You never know if they're dead." - E. Schrodinger ]
