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I'd rather pay 10 cents than waste 20 cents in electricity. There just isn't good way to really do that easily and transparently.

seanwilson 9y ago
Half-baked thoughts here, but the way I thought of it is you'd "top-up" your browser with say $10 a month and it would be distributed to sites you've viewed or chosen to donate to. There's obvious questions with privacy though and sites trying to game the system if it's view count based. I think most people wouldn't be against a small monthly payment to avoid seeing ads but you'd need to do it in a way that was simple and transparent that didn't require lots of work per site.
- wmf 9y ago
  Check out the Brave browser and Google Contributor.
- viraptor 9y ago
  The distribution system you're describing is: https://flattr.com/ https://flattr.com/
  - Torn 9y ago
    Brave Browser & Basic Attention Token (BAT) seems to have more traction: https://brave.com/creators/ https://brave.com/creators/
- jnordwick 9y ago
  Nobody wants to have am account you have to top up. You need to plan ahead, there would be multiple systems not completely overlapping (or some sites being cheaper with a specific billing company), and a myriad of other reasons. You would need to sequester multiple monies, and some you might ever use like having $3.12 left on a gift card, but multiple cards.
- tepmoc 9y ago
  https://github.com/priestc/Autotip https://github.com/priestc/Autotip was nice back in days when fee was low
- infogulch 9y ago
  This is the Flattr model https://flattr.com/ https://flattr.com/ that they recently moved to. I wish they moved to this model years ago, but I guess it was too soon for the time.
ergothus 9y ago
Sure, but we've been waiting for micropayments for 20+ years. No exaggeration. The infrastructure isnt there. Cryptocurrencies have some infrastructure already. I'll pay the electricity tax if I can reward good content and not have ads. If this catches on it might spur alternate and less wasteful solutions, but until then I've been all for this.

seanwilson 9y ago

Half-baked thoughts here, but the way I thought of it is you'd "top-up" your browser with say $10 a month and it would be distributed to sites you've viewed or chosen to donate to. There's obvious questions with privacy though and sites trying to game the system if it's view count based. I think most people wouldn't be against a small monthly payment to avoid seeing ads but you'd need to do it in a way that was simple and transparent that didn't require lots of work per site.

wmf 9y ago
Check out the Brave browser and Google Contributor.
viraptor 9y ago
The distribution system you're describing is: https://flattr.com/ https://flattr.com/
- Torn 9y ago
  Brave Browser & Basic Attention Token (BAT) seems to have more traction: https://brave.com/creators/ https://brave.com/creators/
jnordwick 9y ago
Nobody wants to have am account you have to top up. You need to plan ahead, there would be multiple systems not completely overlapping (or some sites being cheaper with a specific billing company), and a myriad of other reasons. You would need to sequester multiple monies, and some you might ever use like having $3.12 left on a gift card, but multiple cards.
tepmoc 9y ago
https://github.com/priestc/Autotip https://github.com/priestc/Autotip was nice back in days when fee was low
infogulch 9y ago
This is the Flattr model https://flattr.com/ https://flattr.com/ that they recently moved to. I wish they moved to this model years ago, but I guess it was too soon for the time.

ergothus 9y ago

Sure, but we've been waiting for micropayments for 20+ years. No exaggeration. The infrastructure isnt there. Cryptocurrencies have some infrastructure already. I'll pay the electricity tax if I can reward good content and not have ads. If this catches on it might spur alternate and less wasteful solutions, but until then I've been all for this.