[fanboy123]

Stealing is a strong word. It's just business. It isn't AOL's fault your parents don't know better. BTW if you think that's bad this is still around for your grandparents:

http://www.webtv.net/

In 2005 WebTV was still grossing US$150 million per year in revenue with 65% gross margin.

[fvryan]

Hah, I don't disagree. And they aren't going to stop anytime soon.

And from the webtv site "Sorry, MSN TV hardware is no longer available for purchase from Microsoft. Microsoft continues to support the subscription service for existing WebTV and MSN TV customers."

they still support the subscription service.