Andrew Gideon wrote:

Why are you trying to convince someone with so obvious a financial interest
in eliminating this service for which we'd continue to pay so as to
subsidize his firm?

Now that's just plain silly, Andrew. I'm not trying to convince him
of anything, I am trying to expose his specious arguments for what
they are. Indeed, rarely in public debate are the opposing debaters
trying to convince each other. Rather, they are trying to convince
the audience. The audience in this case are the readers of the forum.
Got it?