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Personally, the issue I would have with a pay-per-read model is predictability and the additional cognitive load. If I pay $10/month for a subscription to a pub
by nkrisc 7y ago
Personally, the issue I would have with a pay-per-read model is predictability and the additional cognitive load. If I pay $10/month for a subscription to a publication, I can budget that out for the entire year and then not think about it. Whether I read 5 articles a month or 100 articles in a month, I don't have to care how much I read. Maybe a pay-per-read model would be a net savings for me, but it'd have to be a significant savings because now I have to track how much I've read in order to stay in my budget. It's yet another cost to track and think about. Within reason, I'd rather pay the premium to have one less thing to think about.
- andrewzah 7y agoThis also avoids the issue of having to decide whether an article is worth it or not. If implemented incorrectly, it would make devolve into clickbait titles. One way to fix this would be to have a preview of each article available for free, or at least the first ~N paragraphs.
- tacheiordache 7y agoA micropayemnts system would take that into considerarion and you’d loose a few cents or less if you read an article that was worthless.