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July 18th, 2002, 10:26 AM
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| So now I have to get a stinkin' AIM account to use iChat...
Since instant messaging is not worth $100 per year, I guess I'll have to get an AIM account now that iTools (free for life...of iTools) is going down. You're losing alot of good karma, Apple. -Rob
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July 18th, 2002, 10:36 AM
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Um, as far as I know, instant messaging never costed $100 and still doesn't. What the hell are you complaining about now?
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July 18th, 2002, 10:47 AM
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RHarder's point is that he can't use his mac.com email addy to sign onto iChat with, so he has to sign up with AOL. Rob- Don't take this personally man, I think you're cool. I also totally agree with it's bunk, but you just have to relax and take an objective view at this from Apple's shoes. They were offering a ton of bandwidth for free and probably loosing a ton of money. I don't blame them at all for this move and IMO it was the right thing to do. However, I do agree with you that they should at least keep the email free, or maybe offer a 15 mb email account alone for $15 a year. That would be more than reasonable I would think. I dunno what I'm getting into so I'll just stop now. 
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July 18th, 2002, 11:29 AM
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I know Apple has to make money, but I just want an email address, and $100 per year is too much money. On top of that, in classic Apple style, you don't get any other options, like a cheaper email-only account. Yet. Maybe they'll hear our incessant, pathetic whining and give us email for those of us who only want email, even if it costs a little bit of money. -Rob
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July 19th, 2002, 03:45 AM
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is it that hard to go to www.aim.com and sign up for an account and just switch over your buddy lists?
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July 20th, 2002, 12:31 AM
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I misread your post at first. But you don't have to use your mac.com address...you can create a new screen name for AIM. I like AIM better than AOL, in all honesty. I am looking forward to iChat...even though I know it is just AIM with new features. |
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