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So, Verizon buys AOL for over 4 billion dollars....

lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 7,415 Arc User
edited May 2015 in Off Topic
....and they plan to close them down in the summer. So this begs the question: Why bother?
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  • torontodavetorontodave Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 992 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    lewstelamon01 wrote: »
    ....and they plan to close them down in the summer. So this begs the question: Why bother?

    cause AOL has a fast-growing ad-tracking technology. That's what they want.
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  • translucentwolftranslucentwolf Member Posts: 116 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Verizon has bought a box, which contains a particular tool they want to use. Tools get used Lew. Tools get used.
  • lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 7,415 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Even so...I'm not sure AOL has been worth anywhere near 4 billion. Anyone remember the disastrous merger with Time Warner? Since then, they haven't exactly been an internet power. I remember 3.0 and using them on dial-up, and getting at least three trial CDs a week.

    So if it's a box they bought...it's a really pricey box. Especially for ONE tool.
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  • silvergryphsilvergryph Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 740 Arc User
    By purchasing AOL, Verizon also acquired other assets including EndGadget, TechCrunch, The Huffington Post, and more.​​
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  • dionchidionchi Member Posts: 919 Arc User
    And buying out a company and shutting it down is one of the most effective ways of eleminating the competition...
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  • lewstelamon01lewstelamon01 Member Posts: 7,415 Arc User
    dionchi wrote: »
    And buying out a company and shutting it down is one of the most effective ways of eleminating the competition...

    Not that AOL was any real competition for Verizon, and hadn't been since the advent of broadband.

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