Because their cancellation policy is intentionally designed to make it nearly impossible to cancel your AOL account. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/29/technolo

Because their cancellation policy is intentionally designed to make it nearly impossible to cancel your AOL account. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/29/technology/29link.html?pagewanted=all http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/29/technology/29link.html?pag... I think they might have changed things in recent years, but it's still not easy to cancel your AOL subscription.