AOL Desktop Still Exists in 2025… Is It a Ripoff?

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I recently found out that AOL is still selling a $7/month subscription to their desktop client. It looks like something straight out of 2006, but it's made to run on modern versions of Windows. So you already know what I had to do...

AOL Gold (Beta): https://beta.aol.com/projects/desktop...
MSN Premium in 2021:    • MSN Premium Is Still a Thing in 2021 ...  

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro & Overview
03:36 - Signing on...
06:00 - You've got mail!
08:34 - Settings
11:22 - "Premium Security"
14:30 - The rest of the toolbar
18:31 - Feedback forums
21:02 - Gotta go fast
22:56 - Ads, ads, and more ads
26:25 - Using without an account
29:26 - The beta release
31:34 - Outro