It doesn't subsidize it, such data "products" are a new revenue source for the ISPs. While I don't think it's wrong for them to want to make more money, it is wrong to alter a paid service and go directly against the best interests of their customers.
My bad, in this case I agree somewhat. Though it helps fund USPS, I'd rather see USPS be a true public service and be funded by taxes and not funky arrangements with spammers.
I can see that. I don't have much of an opinion on the ideal arrangement for USPS myself, although I do think it works fairly well at the moment and maybe we should leave well enough alone in that case. But really I just wanted to set the record straight in terms of what's actually subsidizing what.
