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Ask HN: Would you pay one cent for every web page you visit?
If your browser was able to send micropayments seamslessly and at near-zero cost, would you pay one cent for every web page you visit? Abuse limiting controls aside (ie, this would most likely be opt-in but once you green-light a website, it would be able to charge you on an ongoing basis up to a certain threshold), would you consider paying for web content on a regular, automatic basis, as an alternative to advertising and subscription-based paywalls?
- DamonHD 9y agoThe number I always had in mind (to charge) was 1/10th that. Back in the olden days (decades ago now) I did use viewdata systems that charged like that, and it did not feel evil. And for those on a limited mobile plan, the data costs of all but the lightest pages will be similar to or higher than a 0.1c/0.1p charge.
- nxsynonym 9y agoNo. This would only increase the need to get visitors to land on the webpage, and would value content volume over quality. If it were to strictly replace already pay-walled content, then maybe. I could see myself doing this for the WSJ or NYT, but not for google.