AOL forces friends on AIM customers

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It's there right...

You're getting a "free" service. Part of the agreement for that free service, is that you agree to get bombarded with ads. The idea of forcing new "buddies" on you may seem intrusive, and as pointed out is probably a stupid move on AOL's part, but keep in mind that AOL created the whole notion of the "buddy list" so it's theirs to manipulate as they see fit. And the buddy lists sit on their server, not your computer, so in all technicality, they haven't intruded on anything. In reality, it's just another form of advertising, not any more controversial than what Google does with gmail.

Posted by: Allstar_z   Posted on: 11/19/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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