An unnamed former AOL executive has whispered a few choice sweet nothings into the ear of the New Yorker, not the least revealing of which may be that allegedly 75% of subscribers to the service “don’t need it”. “The company still gets eighty percent of its profits from subscribers,” explains the New Yorker’s Ken Auletta, “many of whom are older people who have cable or DSL service but don’t realize that they need not pay an additional twenty-five dollars a month to get online and check their e-mail.” That $25 dollars just happens to be the old dial-up fee, from way back when the internet was a joke…