Microtransactions are not a silver bullet. I expect you would want to set the level at less that what local fast food places pay to stick their leaflets through

Microtransactions are not a silver bullet. I expect you would want to set the level at less that what local fast food places pay to stick their leaflets through my door, yet the paper spam keeps coming. Search engines funded by advertising seem to me to be a rare example of online advertising working for all parties. What makes you say it’s oxymoronic? My understanding is that adding micropayments to every click online would greatly reduce how much people used the internet (because they have to work out how much each click would cost, and whether it would be worth it). This does not automatically seem a win.