jesus X wrote: > > 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. >
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.
