<p>Read the article below and it reminded me of this thread from a few days ago. </p>
<p>Turns out that people in your situation are essentially the only thing keeping AOL alive. In short, the article says 80% of AOL’s profits come from subscription fees and 75% of its subscribers don’t actually need, or even use, the service (i.e. like you they’ve long since had another way to access the Internet yet still just kept paying the monthly fee to AOL). </p>
<p>[Tim</a> Armstrong and the Future of AOL : The New Yorker](<a href=“http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/01/24/110124fa_fact_auletta]Tim”>You’ve Got News | The New Yorker)</p>