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curl-6 said:

I'm responding to those who address me. I'll stop when (A) the posts addressed to me stop, or (B) when I feel the discussion has run its course. Or if the thread gets locked of course, haha. XD

As to your examples, they're not really analogous. An online service does not need to be pay-to-play, and indeed PSN itself was once free. 

PSN is still free...