It was bound to happen with so many people ripping them off. They now pay 20 cents an hour.

Lets have a suckage comparison

Pain-in-the-ass factor:
AA: Has to be visible.
Echo: Uses your soundcard so you can't listen to MP3s, but if you like the music, its win-win.

1 Point for AA

Payout amount factor:
AA: 20 cents an hour up to 20 hours is $4 per month.
Echo: 23 cents worth of Amazon GCs per hour up to 300 hours per month is $72 per month, or around $60 if you sell the GC's at ebay.

Another suck point for AA

Payout delay factor
AA: Pays when they feel like it, at most monthly, if you have $30.
Echo: About a month delay now, but could get longer, pays when you have $18.

1 point each.

Referals:
AA: A dime each direct per hour, a nickel after, up to 20 hours per referal.
Echo: About the same, but up to 300 hours each.

A point for AA.

The effort:
AA: Need to be actively surfing.
Echo: Need to restart it when it crashes.

One more for AA

The outlook:
AA: Flawed buisness plan.
Echo: Very flawed buisness plan.

Point for Echo.


The final score:

AA sucks more by a score of 5-2!