700 hours is about a month of nonstop use (not that people stayed connected all day back then). Not a bad offer from AOL's perspective, if you rolled into a subscription lasting years.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I seem to remember our first disks/discs coming in with 5 free hours. That might’ve even been included with a Packard Bell we bought.

[–] bulwark@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, I guess if they would have framed it as one month free it wouldn't sound as good. I remember using it and completely ignoring everything but the actual Internet. Trolling on AIM back in the day was pretty fun.

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And I'm guessing enough boomers DID subscribe for years to make it worth it, if my anecdotal experience is anything close to normal.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

I used to work for/with AOL in the 2010s. They still had a lot of grannies subbed to dial-up plans.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Can concur. My baby boomer dad was an AOL subscriber up until his death in 2021. He ditched dialup in 2002 but just never stopped paying for AOL.