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I've encountered exactly that feature multiple times and I've never used it because god knows I'm not creating an account to give a site 0.99 and read an articl
by arcturus17 7y ago
I've encountered exactly that feature multiple times and I've never used it because god knows I'm not creating an account to give a site 0.99 and read an article. Friction.
Maybe if someone did it as a layer on top of news sites (like Google/FB login)... Maybe ...
- petecox 7y agoSounds like a business opportunity for the Brave browser. This article requires x BAT to access. Unlock? Y/N
- ravenstine 7y ago> god knows I'm not creating an account to give a site 0.99 Who says you have to create a new account on every site? A cookie set after the payment processor has completed is all you need.
- majewsky 7y agoThat will create a ton of angry customers who had their cookies auto-deleted e.g. because of Incognito. Support costs will outweigh the few pennies earned. Especially with a tech-ninded crowd, relying on the persistence of cookies is completely unworkable because of the large percentage of users with extensions that block or wipe cookies eagerly.