Apple and Amazon have gotten closer than anybody else in the mass online market though. Tons of people routinely buy 99 cent items through them. Yes it needs to

Apple and Amazon have gotten closer than anybody else in the mass online market though. Tons of people routinely buy 99 cent items through them. Yes it needs to go farther to say 1 cent transactions or less for it to be true micropayments. I think these 2 players plus Google and PayPal are probably best positioned to eventually deliver a true general-purpose micropayments service.