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Is Google the Next AOL?

Consumers rebel against arrogant monopolies, which is how AT&T, IBM, and America Online all got cut down to size. Google is acting in a disturbingly familiar manner.

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David Paul Morris
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In the mid-1990s, magazines began to arrive with a shiny disc attached (silver, then gold, and then finally platinum) offering hundreds of hours of access to America Online that converted as many 30 million people into subscribers paying hourly and later monthly fees for the features on offer.

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