> Microtransactions for everything would fix the internet. Then why isnt there such an internet? People have been saying this for 20 years, and there is no tec

> Microtransactions for everything would fix the internet. Then why isnt there such an internet? People have been saying this for 20 years, and there is no technological barrier. To me, there are currently at least three "internets". One I pay for, mostly for work, that includes paid email, cloud storage, and office suite, as well as AWS and other tools. The second is "the good internet" - things like documentation, open source tools, some kinds of discussion forum, and other community stuff that is there as part of a community and not really because someone has profit as a motive (I know that open source is increasingly being invaded by corporate interests, but anyway for now there is still lots of unencumbered stuff) And then there is the cesspool that it the attention economy. Outside of rare forays to try and get some information snippet, or check news, I try and stay away. A pre-streaming television analogy might be HBO et al, PBS, and something like history channel that last time I checked cut to commercial about every 5 minutes and only played low budget reality crap. Just because there is a bad part doesn't mean that's all there is