> When a Web Monetization HTML tag is encountered, the browser starts streaming micropayments every second while you are engaging with the content. Will it emp

> When a Web Monetization HTML tag is encountered, the browser starts streaming micropayments every second while you are engaging with the content. Will it empty my wallet as I attend an emergency? Will we see an uptick of sleazy tactics? At least for articles I ask: make it inexpensive for providers and simple for me. I pay them for articles, they show me articles, preferably easy to download as pdf. I'd probably pay a few tens more pr year for regional or global news as well as quality blog posts. (I already subscribe to the local newspaper and one national newspaper and I'm forced to pay a few hundred for the national broadcasting.) But like Tim I am not going to add more subscriptions unless they are just like Spotify, - and even then I think that will be a bad deal for both me and the publishers.