[quote=@Stabby]
i just realized the views of the other side as well.

without the income, they can't employ the people they need to help run the servers, and even without that, if they don't make an income they can't do maintenance on the servers...

i'm seeing both sides and right now i can agree with both. :s
doesn't mean i'm saying that the companies should just scam people, but still...

hmmmmm...
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This is AT&T, Verizon, and all the big-wigs that we're talking about here. They have literally billions just sitting around, not counting investments. They will never, short of a total crash, ever not be able to employ anyone, especially maintenance people or server engineers. Applying that logic to all companies, it would be okay for your local grocery store to charge through the roof for food, and as long as they keep their employees paid, it's fine. Unless you want to hire more employees or pay the current employees more. But if they pay them more and a basic necessity becomes more expensive, everyone gets paid more and everything gets more expensive, leading to inflation. Or even worse, supply-shock, otherwise known as supply push inflation, causing people to lose jobs [i]and[/i] for currency to become devaluated. These companies aren't providing at cost; they have incredibly heavy margins, likely several hundred percent, and they won't need to fire anyone, even if they didn't make a cent for five years. Next thing you know, internet providers and cellphone companies will start charging through the roof for something that, in today's world, is essentially a basic necess—. Oh wait, they already do.