Guess I'll add my 2 cents. AOL died to me when I could chat with friends on ICQ and I had free Internet from NetZero, free e-mail from Juno. When everything co

Guess I'll add my 2 cents. AOL died to me when I could chat with friends on ICQ and I had free Internet from NetZero, free e-mail from Juno. When everything could be "free" by having ads - why pay for AOL? I do remember too, I got free DSL service AND a free DSL modem via an ad service. It's kinda why good journalism is dying, too. Every time a paywall article is posted here people are up in arms or post a free version. Then, we have articles from zdnet which is clickbait, people are up in arms.