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I think one of the main challenges here is subscription-overload. Once you have a subscription to, say, the NY times, and the Washington Post, you're unlikely t
by zeroxfe 8y ago
I think one of the main challenges here is subscription-overload. Once you have a subscription to, say, the NY times, and the Washington Post, you're unlikely to get a third subscription to read an article on the Economist.
Charging, say, 10¢ for the article can help them generate revenue from those that don't want to shell out for another subscription.
- stcredzero 8y agoI think one of the main challenges here is subscription-overload. Bingo! I had been using Patreon as a "poor man's micropayments." I was implementing the "spend what you would on a cable subscription" idea and spreading mostly $1 payments across nearly 40 YouTubers. I would love a system that just makes micropayments as I browse/watch.
- eitland 8y agoExactly! Just don't fall into the trap of many others that wants to take an amount from my account every month. I'm quite fed up with that. Instead allow me to pay per view. I'll happy pay a sum in up front to reduce friction.
- typeformer 8y agoI think Flattr now has a system that is close to what you describe for YouTube. Micropayments are hard and Patreon is the 1st company to produce serious results experiments like Steem are interesting but siloed in the cryptosphere.
- solarkraft 8y agoThis is exactly what I currently do. I like it: It gives me the feeling of a personal relationship with a creator. I don't want to pay for everything I watch eiher; I don't think I need to give money to people who repost memes on YouTube. I am however missing some way to toss creators who don't create frequently, but made something really valuable to me a bit of money. I'd also like to be able to more finely split the money I give to creators.