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We don't want to pay and we don't want to watch ads - still, we want to consume the content. I mean, I get the sentiment, I also share it to a great degree. But how are websites supposed to stay afloat?
Be like me. Flag every paywall article that ends up on hackernews
20 years of World Wide Web and we still don't have micropayments so we can just pay a penny to read an article. Why does it take us so long?
Greed or not, it's always going to be a bit more than a price you would accept.
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News vendors don't want you to pay for individual articles you're interested in. They want you to pay for all the articles, including the shitty ones, every month.
And then cram down their bias down your throat, with you paying. Whether it’s sponsored placements or interest group’s lobbying. I mean, there is no money to make in neutrality anyway.
How is this different from archive.org?
It doesn't have the be different, it just has to be interesting so we can talk about it, right? Come on, it's Saturday, let's just discuss the thing based on its own merits.
20 years of World Wide Web and we still don't have micropayments so we can just pay a penny to read an article. Why does it take us so long?
Have you seen video games monetization? Over past 15-20 years we have rapidly passed the price threshold of 20-30$ per whole game, then per half of a game, then a quarter of a game, then a complete single character in a game, then a costume for a character, then only a single clothing item for a single costume for a single character, then a chance of that. Currently gacha games which have multiple hundreds of characters ask between a a few hundreds of dollars and a few thousands for a single character (best case, worst - for a chance of one).
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One reason: it wouldn't be a penny. You're off by a factor of probably 100.
Ads pay pennies though. So maybe he's merely off by a factor of 5?
Even better, do the american healthcare trick - set a price at say 1000$ per article but allow only big corpos to have some opaque bulk discounts for their employees. Thus maximizing money extraction from richest customers.
Here's a thought... Why not let the paying subscribers promote content they especially like to the commons? So, if you're a paying member, you get to read everything like it works today. But you also get a steady flow of tips. If you like an article, you can tip the author directly, which comes out of your monthly subscription. Once a given article gets enough tips, it's permanently unlocked for every visitor. Basica…
Please name one website whose paywall can be bypassed using this proxy.
20 years of World Wide Web and we still don't have micropayments so we can just pay a penny to read an article. Why does it take us so long?
I.e. you need something like WeChat pay or Alipay. Can't work in the west. PayPal sucks