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This seems like one of those ideas that's great in theory but not in practice. I don't care about paying or even being paid when browsing the web...I just want
by m52go 7y ago
This seems like one of those ideas that's great in theory but not in practice. I don't care about paying or even being paid when browsing the web...I just want to be left alone.
Also this particular implementation is rather shady.
See podcast:
https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/francis-pouliot-on-the-network-effect-of-money-and-why-tokens-are-scams https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/podcast/francis-pouliot-on-th...
- DennisP 7y agoI frequently find myself confronted by paywalls and demands that I turn off my ad blocker. I can usually find a way around it, but things would be so much simpler if I could just click a button to pay the site a fraction of a penny.
- quickthrower2 7y agoThat’s a neat idea. Could be a YC startup idea. A subscription service that gives you access to all the paywall content let’s say 10/month for 50 articles and you don’t even click a button just read. Rather than seperate paywalls, ads etc.
- Wehrdo 7y agoAre you describing Blendle[0]? Access to paywalled content on a pay-per-article basis. [0] https://launch.blendle.com/ https://launch.blendle.com/
- quickthrower2 7y agoI didn't know about them, but looks like they are doing exactly this.
- m52go 7y agoI remember getting on their beta list 3 years ago. Seems like they're still in beta...that cannot be a good sign. From what I remember, they're a closed platform. One must use their apps to get access to full article content. That's a nice solution for their partners, but not for the broader web (85%+ of the websites you stumble across that are not TIME, NYT, Economist, etc). Blendle is a nice experiment, but I wouldn't consider it a solution to the problem being discussed here.