
Another reason...
Think about this, even with the declining rate of clicks to buy.
.1% of 10 Million SPAM sent == 10,000 orders
10,000 orders of Viagra @ $40/order == $400,000 per day
$400,000 per day / 365 days per year == $146,000,000/year
OK, reduce it to .1% of 1 million spam per day still == $14,600,000 per year
even if 20% profit margin, $2,920,000, heck... 10% margin == $1,460,000
SPAM is here to stay until SOMEONE (read: the unwashed masses) stops responding to SPAM and rewarding it.
Economy of scale beats public opinion every time.
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