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f1209
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AOL Email "Tax"
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Date created
2-Mar-2006, 7:44 PM
Originally posted by: ricarleite
How many users AOL has now? Like, five?
You would be surprised at how many people still go into consumer electronics stores and ask for an AOL disc (I mean - it is not as if they have received thousands of those shiny discs in the mail already !!!!)

As maddog00 gave an example of his parents and their reasons for sticking with AOL, there are unfortunately plenty of people out there who do not know any better. For them, AOL IS THE INTERNET.

There is a very large Joe Public out there that does not have a clue about a lot of things techy or entertainment-wise. Those of us who do are actually the minority, not the other way round. It is very easy to assume everyone else knows or understands the things we talk about with friends or in forums etc, but the opposite is the case.

Errr.... sorry, got a little sidetracked there.

As for that tax thing. Um, AOL has been lauding up its Security Center thingy on its adverts recently - Spamware - blocked. Viruses - Whacked. Etc. And now they're saying. Spam mail - blocked if the sender hasn't paid us a fee ????? Um, WTF !!

I really wish AOL would just go away and leave everyone alone.