4 ms·
We already have micro-payments, and it's called ads. It is pretty transparent to the user, there is no per-transaction fixed cost (though the margin taken by A
by phh 6y ago
We already have micro-payments, and it's called ads.
It is pretty transparent to the user, there is no per-transaction fixed cost (though the margin taken by Ad provider is pretty huge), and some people are living pretty nicely with it.
I agree with the various points this article makes, but it doesn't mean micro-payments are a no go. Just make it as seamless as ads!
The article mentions subscription, but doesn't mention the possibility of subscription-based micro-payments?
That's what scroll.com, and I believe there solution has none of the issues mentioned in this article, even though it would still make sense as a 402 Payment Required! Of course you can't generalize scroll.com everywhere, for many reasons. But I believe /that/ idea is a start of making micro-payments a thing.
- jonahbenton 6y agoThanks for the scroll.com ref. Had that idea several years ago, but was too early. Glad someone running it. Will check out their fraud prevention, that stuff is pretty hard. When fraud drains campaign money, who cares, kinda, but when it's taking member money- can't have that.
- e_y_ 6y agoGoogle had a short-lived experiment called Google Contributor, where you could pay a monthly subscription to hide AdSense ads. Each page view would subtract from your monthly balance and the leftovers would be refunded. I had mine set up to show cat photos instead. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Contributor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Contributor
- gxon 6y agoIt's odd that it was killed suddenly without an apparent reason.
- x86_64Ubuntu 6y agoAs is tradition (with Google)