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'No Thanks' Not Good Enough For AOL Promos
boio writes: "AOL users are suing AOL over its advertising practices, claiming that they were charged for products that they never requested. Apparently these users say they clicked the 'no thanks' button, but still received the advertised products. Of course, we must wonder if these people truly clicked no thanks ...they are using AOL after all, and maybe they had a secret yearning for that Torreador Bed-in-a-Bag ;)."
"AOL-Time Warner, bringing you such goodies as the DMCA and SSSCA to brighten your day!"
I'll take MS as a narrow monopoly; I don't have to use their products.
AOL-TW wants to control everything electronic, and there will be no legal way to avoid them if they get their way.
One competes unfairly, and one wants to deprive you of your Freedom of Choice, which is worse?
In the boxing match that is MS vs AOL... I'm cheering for AOL.
Why is this? AOL Time Warner supports the DMCA, the SSSCA and was against DeCSS this is besides the fact that they are the primary source of information for millions of people via their ownership of Time magazine, CNN, Warner Brothers movies and records, TNT, TBS, the WB televison network, Sports Illustrated, NewLine Cinema, as well as their online ventures which means they are the influencing the lives and actions of millions of people around the world.
I can see where one may dislike a company becoming the primary provider of software related goods and services but don't see why that same person would not be even more wary of another company becoming the primary provider of information related goods and services from internet access to the news we read and watch.
Disclaimer: The opinions in this post are mine and do not reflect the opinions, wishes, intentions or strategies of my employer.