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Should Apple make .Mac free?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the web-full-please-leave dept.

Moby Cock writes "The recent display of iLife '06 at Macworld showed that the suite has a very fine integration with .Mac, Apple's subscription-based web portal. In a recent post to his blog on ZDNet, Dan Farber argues that a .Mac subscription ought to be included with the purchase of an Apple computer. There is no doubt that web portals are huge revenue engines, could Apple be missing an opportunity here?"

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  1. IMHO, the short answer is yes.... by 8127972 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ....as proven by the fact that AOL is having difficulty signing up subscribers to run what is basically a portal with Net access (or in some flavors, a portal where you supply your own Net access). If .Mac was free, they could generate revenue from page clicks, advertising, etc. just like Google does.

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