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yankeesince59 said:
...uhhh I've already covered that...and why. I've yet to hear a valid reason why I should close my AOL email account...and all you can come up with is "because it's the 21st century"?...wtf kind of mindless BS is that?...is not the purchase of AOL by Verizon not part of the 21st century?...can you offer anything coherent as to why this was a bad deal?

...No, you can't and you know it. You're just mouthing off with nothing tangible but your own personal bias about something you're obviously ignorant of.
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Why keep it open? Lots of free email domains, and email merging/migration is a snap.
 
totus44 said:
Why keep it open? Lots of free email domains, and email merging/migration is a snap.
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...covered this before too...I'm fine with the way my accounts are and for one, I'm not concerned with it...not sure at all why you are.

...no answer for the Verizon/AOL buyout ?...you think it is a bad deal for either/both companies?...n/m.
 
Not sure it gets Verizon where they want to be. They don't have the bucks to make a bigger splash, nor were there other deals available. Some think the deal is brilliant, but I'm like you....been a Verizon customer from the beginning and can't find a reason to go through the hassle to switch. I have zero use for their content and find it annoying.

I get why cell companies want to be media providers....but there are just way too many avenues to go for content, the one stop shop internet concept died long ago. Now perhaps they want to leverage net neutrality for market share. However that goes away with a R in the WH.
 
...doesn't get Verizon where they want to eventually be but it's a start...I think they're trying to get bigger and maybe they're banking on the fact that many people are becoming more and more disenchanted with the monster that is Google, as well as some of the other bigger players...I know I am. I'd guess about 1/3 of the BS on my Galaxy is somehow tied to Google...it slows things down and sucks the battery.
 
totus44 said:
Oh come on, stop. All you need is gmail, you already like chrome and google stuff. You can manage multiple accounts with brand G.

What purpose does it serve to keep the AOL address other than to fight with people when they poke fun at it?

8 tracks and LPs became cassettes than CDs then mp4, etc.
8mm became beta than vhs, than DVD and now bluray.

Shit evolves, out with the old, in with the new.

L8r
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^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^
 
THIS what?.......lol...I guess his last post escaped you.


...HARRUMPH !
 
totus44 said:
Oh come on, stop. All you need is gmail, you already like chrome and google stuff. You can manage multiple accounts with brand G.

What purpose does it serve to keep the AOL address other than to fight with people when they poke fun at it?

8 tracks and LPs became cassettes than CDs then mp4, etc.
8mm became beta than vhs, than DVD and now bluray.

Shit evolves, out with the old, in with the new.

L8r
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Hammerojustice said:
^^^^^^THIS^^^^^^
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What's the hard part for you to see my agreement with???
 
Hammerojustice said:
What's the hard part for you to see my agreement with???
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...lol...uhhh, that argument goes both ways, but I'll answer the exact same way I responded to Tote;

"....what purpose does poking fun at people that have an AOL address among others?"
 
Apple, then Google, now MS is resurging. My buddy was showing off his new 13" laptop that doubles as a tablet. Most of the software is cloud enabled back to a sync'd server ( home PC). It was fast as hell....impressive, and he was a google guy. Verizon isn't joining that club without their own operating system. Unless they adopt their own Linux kernel and build devices around their content, they will always be just a distributor.
 
Rick2583 said:
My daughter & my brother have AOL.
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...and apparently, they're all living in the stone age and are bound for purgatory for doing so...lol...........seriously though, there will surely be many more users before long.
 
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totus44 said:
Apple, then Google, now MS is resurging. My buddy was showing off his new 13" laptop that doubles as a tablet. Most of the software is cloud enabled back to a sync'd server ( home PC). It was fast as hell....impressive, and he was a google guy. Verizon isn't joining that club without their own operating system. Unless they adopt their own Linux kernel and build devices around their content, they will always be just a distributor.
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...yup, no doubt. I'm guessing for the time being they'll concentrate mainly on android based units?...I dunno.
 
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English soccer team Manchester United's main sponsor was AOL. I don't know how that contributes to this conversation, but oh well.
 
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