AOL is just jealous that they don't do adult entertainment, pushing their own so-called morality of an internet experience.
Money has no morality. AOL is selling a 'family' aka clean-cut internet experience, but does allow their own news access to thousands of alt newsgroups, many containing adult binaries. They also seem to have no problem with the MLM spammers and other financial-freedom scammers that flood email inboxes.
Considering the size of AOL, at what 97 BILLION USD market cap, they have the financial power to push an apparent "anti-spam" campaign that allows them to go after business models that compete with their own spam/marketing. By appearing morally 'right' within the box of their marketing campaign, they appear right vs their target appearing somehow "wrong". AOL is the pot calling the kettle black. It's all marketing. AOL is marketing anti-spam as a product, and simply being the big bully. If they were so solid with their argument then why are there so many people on AOL who spend so much time with adult entertainment and participate in responding to the so-called spam? Every been to an AOL chat room? As to the comment that CEN may profit from spammers, doesn't AOL profit as well?
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AOL is just jealous that they don't do adult entertainment, pushing their own so-called morality of an internet experience. Money has no morality. AOL is selling a 'family' aka clean-cut internet experience, but does allow their own news access to thousands of alt newsgroups, many containing adult binaries. They also seem to have no problem with the MLM spammers and other financial-freedom scammers that flood email inboxes. Considering the size of AOL, at what 97 BILLION USD market cap, they have the financial power to push an apparent "anti-spam" campaign that allows them to go after business models that compete with their own spam/marketing. By appearing morally 'right' within the box of their marketing campaign, they appear right vs their target appearing somehow "wrong". AOL is the pot calling the kettle black. It's all marketing. AOL is marketing anti-spam as a product, and simply being the big bully. If they were so solid with their argument then why are there so many people on AOL who spend so much time with adult entertainment and participate in responding to the so-called spam? Every been to an AOL chat room? As to the comment that CEN may profit from spammers, doesn't AOL profit as well? -pm