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Integrating a digital wallet into a browser elevates money to a first-class citizen on the web. That changes everything about microtransactions. I now have on

Integrating a digital wallet into a browser elevates money to a first-class citizen on the web. That changes everything about microtransactions. I now have one location to top up and manage my wallet and can effortlessly pay for content across the web in a consistent, familiar way. The historical approach of endlessly getting out a plastic card and typing private information into a multitude of different forms will seem terribly old-fashioned.

vkou 7y ago
People have tried this too, and it has failed.
- justsee 7y ago
  Which other browser has done this?
  - TylerE 7y ago
    Remember Flooz?
    - nilkn 7y ago
      Was Flooz a browser or just a digital currency? 1999 was a very different time as well for the internet. In particular, ads and trackers were not even remotely as pervasive and invasive.
      - TylerE 7y ago
        It was an IE Toolbar, like everything back then
  - vkou 7y ago
    The form factor in which this is delivered in doesn't matter.