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It really makes me wonder what the internet would be like if google had built microtransactions into a browser to support their sites instead, or as a complemen
by monadic2 6y ago
It really makes me wonder what the internet would be like if google had built microtransactions into a browser to support their sites instead, or as a complement to ads (e.g. an advertiser can pay for your time on the site in exchange for an ad, and google would only middleman the ad negotiation, not the transaction).
- s17n 6y agoExactly the way it looks today, because most people aren't willing to pay for content.
- millstone 6y agoI think the surreptitious tracking is the real problem. I don't mind ads on podcasts, because their tracking is explicit and opt-in ("enter our show's promo code on the sponsor's product page.") Likewise Google Contributor did not reduce tracking, which is why I never signed up.