Comment Re:Pure Crap (Score 1) 161
Well, it's taken years, but at least I finally have some small satisfaction in this announcement (AOL's primary business is dead).
It sure as hell took long enough. Honestly, AOL has got to be one of the longest running companies ever that has basically survived by marketing complete crap. To base an entire company solely on marketing - take the richness of the internet and wrap it into a little filtered ball with a bunch of trivial pleasures to keep ignorant people happy.
It pisses me off that such companies as AOL can even survive. Even my parents, who I at one point advocated AOL to (because for people who don't know anything- it's "easy", plus it would take a lot to train them), are now dumping aol. They simply hate it. Which is a good thing. People are finally waking up. Or at least I'd like to hope so.
Honestly I'm a geek, and I don't expect much because people around me don't know as much about computers as I do. But at least they deserve a service that works without spamming them with a bunch of crap every 5 seconds.
It sure as hell took long enough. Honestly, AOL has got to be one of the longest running companies ever that has basically survived by marketing complete crap. To base an entire company solely on marketing - take the richness of the internet and wrap it into a little filtered ball with a bunch of trivial pleasures to keep ignorant people happy.
It pisses me off that such companies as AOL can even survive. Even my parents, who I at one point advocated AOL to (because for people who don't know anything- it's "easy", plus it would take a lot to train them), are now dumping aol. They simply hate it. Which is a good thing. People are finally waking up. Or at least I'd like to hope so.
Honestly I'm a geek, and I don't expect much because people around me don't know as much about computers as I do. But at least they deserve a service that works without spamming them with a bunch of crap every 5 seconds.
