> After you've paid these pennies, what is the incentive to not still show you ads or surveil you for commercial advantage? The parent may have been saying th

> After you've paid these pennies, what is the incentive to not still show you ads or surveil you for commercial advantage? The parent may have been saying that if we'd had micropayments earlier, the ad culture may never have arisen or gotten as bad. However, I think there's still a chance that micropayments could reduce ads. If it can result in a reasonable revenue stream, it might become advantageous to reduce ads and market that one's website doesn't track people with ads. That might further drive revenue.