Usenet NEWS vs. Bittorrent

[Luke -Jr]

On Wednesday 09 July 2008, Jeffrey Watts wrote:
> Well, to be honest nobody uses USENET News.  "Nobody" meaning an
> insignificant percentage of users.  I bet 99% of the folks using the
> Internet have never even heard of it.
>
> I don't think they should give a discount for a service that nobody
> was using, but others may disagree.

They were still providing the service, and incurring the cost of doing so.
Presumably, they passed that cost onto the customers.

Now they are removing the service, which saves them the cost of maintaining 
it. Why shouldn't that savings be passed on?