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by ddingus 3828 days ago
Agreed. There is a lot of history here, and it's still working! I call "amazing" on all of that. Wonder if there is still some revenue, or contracts keeping it alive, or just nobody cares, or too much trouble to kill it off...

Another AOL legacy is retention. You can't really say no without them just leaving AOL on the table. A coworker years ago used to get on for free just stringing them on...

He used to laugh about it, until that tactic worked! He ended up paying them for a while when he ran into hard times. Never without his AOL.

That experience turned him into a strange sort of fan. Disliked AOL, but loyal just the same.