Comment consumer ignorance. (Score 1) 459
As callous as it might sound, I have no real sympathy for the people who got the shaft from AOL. Maybe if they bothered to find out *exactly* what would happen if they installed the new software, then I would. IMO, there are too many people who will blindly spend their money on a piece of software solely for the higher version number. I'll cry for them later.
I'm not condoning AOL's blatant "you will use ONLY our software on this computer" attitude, though. If they write software that infiltrates a hard drive to the point where there should be an "AOL Inside" sticker on the case and/or destroys another piece of software's functionality, I say the DoJ should maybe investigate their business tactics. But until then, Joe Consumer, use your head before 'upgrading' your software....
