I can't agree more. And the result is that no one is willing to improve upon something good enough but that's free. For example there are very wild problems af

I can't agree more. And the result is that no one is willing to improve upon something good enough but that's free. For example there are very wild problems affecting almost every internet user, like email. I bet that there are many hacker teams around that are able to come up with a better gmail, or simply a web based email system more biased towards advanced users: but how can you compete with an alternative that is good enough, is under this big name, and gives you all the space and free access to POP, IMAP, ...? Result: no enhancement over gmail, we just need to wait for them to release the next feature. Is this really better for users? Mostly not, the email or other core internet services are such an important thing for users that to pay 30$/year is nothing compared to the advantage of having a better internet experience.