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No, because AOL made a s* load of money, leeching 30 dollars a month from millions of people, where Facebook is trying to monetize.

There's a reason it merged with Time Warner: AOL was making tons of raw cash.

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With that many users, Facebook can also make tons of money if they choose to do so. They are simply focused on other priorities at the moment.

But whereas AOL had paid subscriptions (and some adverts), Facebook appears to only be able to serve adverts. Would Facebook survive if they charged $30 a month?

Also, AOL made money from dial-up - now, everyone's on 'the Internet' which various phone companies provide - not AOL.

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