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> I'd expect prompting users to choose whether reading a story is worth $0.05 to them every time will cause them to read and engage significantly less. The example that gives me a little bit of optimism in the long run is power: people don't really have a problem with the fact that their power bill is pay-per-use, and if it discourages them from unduly wasting power, all the better. But the problem you describe is st…
Regarding bags, that's a strange reaction given that everywhere else I've heard of that introduced a bag tax has seen usage drop dramatically. It's not the price - clearly most people can afford what they charge - it's the psychology that makes you stop and think whether you really need a single use bag for what you've bought.
But when I _do_ forget my reusable bag for whatever reason and have an unwieldy amount of stuff to carry, it would be beyond idiotic to ride that psychological effect all the way into the absurdity of stuffing my arms full of thing (I gather from the original comment I responded to that he wasn't talking about carrying an item or three).