As to why vendors charge $15/month? .... the answer (to me) is ridculously simple ... because they can and because they can make money doing so. I have no problem with this. Each of us has a choice as to whether we patronize their offerings or not. If no-one was prepared to pay for the service then the prices would either drop or the vendor would go out of business. Sounds like economics 101 to me.
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