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Flattr really hit the sweet spot for me in this regard. I set up an account, put some money in it, set a $20 monthly limit, hook it up to soundcloud and github
by warcode 11y ago
Flattr really hit the sweet spot for me in this regard.
I set up an account, put some money in it, set a $20 monthly limit, hook it up to soundcloud and github, and then every time I "like" a song or "star" a repo it adds them to that month's list. At the end of the month it divides the $20 between everything I enjoyed most that month.
A similar system would probably work for ALL web content. But as always this gives the control directly to the consumer and big companies don't like that at all.
- onion2k 11y agoA similar system would probably work for ALL web content. With the obvious proviso that it would need to be simple enough for everyone to set up in order to get the traction necessary to be useful. Simple enough for everyone means one button with a single 'Yes please' screen (eg OAuth). Anything more complex than that is destined to fail.
- digi_owl 11y agoOr attached to the ISP bill, similar to how one could buy J2ME games by hitting a link in the WAP browser.
- exelius 11y agoDo you really think it's a good idea to put ISPs in the position of doling out micropayment money? They would need to collect a fee for processing it, and what business rules are in place for transactions smaller than the fee? And similarly, how do you prevent fraud? WAP was a walled garden experience; if I can send money to any site on the Internet by clicking a button, what's to stop a malware author from using their malware to send lots of clicks (and thus money) to a site they run? Technically, micropayments aren't a difficult problem to implement. The business rules around financial transactions (which exist for good reasons) often present an intractable conflict with what would be a viable user experience.
- digi_owl 11y ago> if I can send money to any site on the Internet by clicking a button, what's to stop a malware author from using their malware to send lots of clicks (and thus money) to a site they run? Already happening with pay-pr-click ads etc.
- exelius 11y agoYeah, but with PPC ads everyone knows it happens and doesn't care. Ad fraud in general is a bad analog; when an advertiser buys an ad, they're looking for a certain response from a campaign. If they get the response for the dollar amount they paid, they don't care what the CPM is (and all removing the fraud would do is raise the CPM). Micropayments would be a different story since the money would be coming out of individuals' pockets.
- hobo_mark 11y agoHow does that work? I use soundcloud and bandcamp heavily, follow hundreds of artists but I have never come across someone with a flattr account.