Hrm AOL provided internet service via a restrictive piece of software to people who didn't know any other way to access all of the internet. AOL distributed so

Hrm AOL provided internet service via a restrictive piece of software to people who didn't know any other way to access all of the internet. AOL distributed so many FREE AOL CDs that you could probably hollow out Mauna Kea and fill it with those ubiquitous bold font neon colored plastic discs. More than once in the early part of this decade I would find broken AOL CD litter on the street. Then there is the stop loss phone policy where customer service reps would put you through such hell when you attempted to cancel your service that you'd end up rather going with 90 days of free service than bear it. AOLHell punters, password stealer detectors, and various buddy invite spam proggs. Phishing was practically invented via AOL IM. Rainbowed colored ~~~&&&(({HuGZzz$}))&&&-- chat. Steve Case's tight control over everything makes Steve Jobs look like Richard Stallman. To top off it AOL even fucked its own AND Time Warner's share holders and settled a massive half-billion dollar accounting fraud. Since Case left, AOL has been in the business of layoffs. In what universe is Facebook worse than AOL?