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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
Now, AOL Everywhere 1999:
"Ultimately, though, America Online is betting that the cable companies need it more than it needs them. Mr. Pittman argues that if anyone can sell broadband, it is America Online, because the most likely prospective buyers are its 17 million members. ‘‘We realize that we’re one of the few who can write the big check,’’ he said."
They really thought they could become cable tv. And since then so has every #bigtech company.
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/07/04/business/now-aol-everywhere.html