I basically agree with you, Matt.
Would I pay for ANY quotes? Nope. I can get delayed ones from lots of sites, and real time ones from my broker if I really need them.
The likelihood is that I would turn it off. It's just a distraction.
If I need during-the-day quotes, which I rarely do, it's easy enough to open another window and toggle back and forth. Virtually everybody on the site, I'm sure, has enough computer power to have two browser windows open simultaneously.
And philosophically, think about the kind of poster to whom streaming, or even delayed, quotes, are important as they read and write messages.
Personally, I would rather see Bob's development time spent on other projects. (For example, including the thead name on the public messages in the mailbox page.)
If it's going to make the site stronger, bring in more revenue, not provide a distraction or diversion from the main purpose of the thread, and bring in good posters, then you should go for it. But personally, I have my doubts.
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Many shall be restored that are now fallen, and many shall fall that are now in honor. Horace
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Price is a crazy and incalculable thing, while Value is an intrinsic and indestructible thing. G.K. Chesterton
