They have an aesthetic agenda. As much as this suck is ugly, I agree with tom, it seems consistent with their whole schtick. While they were always sneering, they never seemed actually holier than-thou. The rest seem to be more formula and less content. There is also a problem with trying to make a mind-bogglingly popular column available without the money to pay for a T1 to serve it from, or the time that goes into writing it on a daily basis.
Life is ugly compromise.
If I go to something from suck, it's generally to laugh at it or revel in the hideousness of it all. Not to buy their damn products. Tom and gilbert, battling it out. I dunno, we're veering dangerously close to agreement here. Tom bumfondles gilbert vigorously.