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This is one of those articles/projects where I really miss an established universal web-wide donation system. I just want to click a button on that page and sen
by yoodenvranx 9y ago
This is one of those articles/projects where I really miss an established universal web-wide donation system. I just want to click a button on that page and send the author a few bucks as a Thank You for doing amazing things.
(And no, a Paypal link is not an answer to this problem)
- bruncun 9y agoHave you considered the browser, Brave? Built-in micropayments. Https://brave.com
- sorenjan 9y agoFlattr tries to be that.
- mistermann 9y agoAnyone know why it isn't more successful?
- manigandham 9y agoPeople don't really care about (micro)payments and paypal actually does work just fine for one time events. Easier for people to list an email then signup for another service to get a few dollars. Also Flattr is owned by the Adblock Plus company now which has questionable history.
- freeone3000 9y agoTheir main business case got taken by Patreon, which is more popular due to more reliable income on the creator side.
- Aloha 9y agoI really want to build a micropayments system for stuff like this.
- georgespencer 9y agoYou totally should!
- manigandham 9y agoWhy doesnt paypal work? All they need to list is an email address, it's the lowest amount of work.
- yoodenvranx 9y agoThe way Paypal works is pretty awesome but unfortunately the company is pretty shitty (at least in my experience).
- gpvos 9y agoIt forces me to create an account with them (even though people say it doesn't), and has repugnant policies.
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- driverdan 9y agoPayPal is known for locking accounts that ask for donations.
- chc4 9y agoHonestly, that sounds like a problem for cryptocurrency. Lots of people just put their wallet address on things and you can send them money.
- ReverseCold 9y agoAnd not necessarily Bitcoin, $10 is not the transaction fee everywhere (some places it's ~1¢)