Comments on: AOL Parental Controls now free! http://dossy.org/2006/10/aol-parental-controls-now-free/ Everything that comes out of Dossy, from the strange to the banal. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2006/10/aol-parental-controls-now-free/comment-page-1/#comment-530 Dossy Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:27:22 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000351.html#comment-530 Joe: I'm purely speculating here (and NOT speaking about any official AOL position!) ... but perhaps because AOL wants to actually build product that people want to use and giving it away for free will allow more people to use stuff they really want. I'm sure it's hard to believe that AOL actually wants to be a popular, non-evil and attractive brand, but we really do. It'll just keep taking more and more actions like this one until people realize AOL is truly serious and committed to the people who matter: the audience. Joe: I’m purely speculating here (and NOT speaking about any official AOL position!) … but perhaps because AOL wants to actually build product that people want to use and giving it away for free will allow more people to use stuff they really want.

I’m sure it’s hard to believe that AOL actually wants to be a popular, non-evil and attractive brand, but we really do. It’ll just keep taking more and more actions like this one until people realize AOL is truly serious and committed to the people who matter: the audience.

]]> By: josephgrossberg http://dossy.org/2006/10/aol-parental-controls-now-free/comment-page-1/#comment-529 josephgrossberg Tue, 03 Oct 2006 17:08:15 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000351.html#comment-529 Can you offer any insight as to *why*? These controls seemed like a good "competitive advantage" AOL still had over competitors. Can you offer any insight as to *why*? These controls seemed like a good “competitive advantage” AOL still had over competitors.

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