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They should provide a one time purchase option of articles published by them for the day. Like newspapers. Of course, it should cost quite less. Pennies or a do

by ksd482 3y ago

They should provide a one time purchase option of articles published by them for the day. Like newspapers. Of course, it should cost quite less. Pennies or a dollar or so. Or, an option to purchase just the article itself for pennies.

Johnny555 3y ago
If there was a privacy preserving micropayment system that charged pennies for per news article across a wide variety of news sources, I'd sign up immediately. But what I don't want is a micropayment system that just turns into a big tracking system to track my reading habits across a wide variety of news sources.
- vicnicius 3y ago
  Coil proposes something on these lines: https://interledger.org/case-studies/coil/ https://interledger.org/case-studies/coil/
- quonn 3y ago
  A micropayment system might lead to even more clickbait teasers etc. I would like an option to buy a complete issue in a simple way.
- takoid 3y ago
  You’re basically describing Basic Attention Token, or BAT.
  - codetrotter 3y ago
    Yep BAT is a pretty cool idea. I have yet to see anyone actually use it though :/
- reaperducer 3y ago
  If there was a privacy preserving micropayment system that charged pennies for per news article across a wide variety of news sources, I'd sign up immediately. There was a service like this maybe 10 years ago. You subscribed to the service and then you could pay something like 3¢ or 5¢ to read different articles. The problem was that it didn't carry the entire newspaper, only "featured" articles. And it only had maybe a dozen periodicals in its collection. Great idea. Poorly executed
- basch 3y ago
  You likely already have something like this through your local library, that you already chip in to pay for.
  - FalconSensei 3y ago
    this assuming the local library has whatever they wanna read available.
- Veserv 3y ago
  Pennies per article is a absurd markup. The normal rates I see on the internet for ad-supported businesses is on the order of 200 cents per 1000 views, or 5 views per cent. If they charged you even a cent per article they are already marking it up to 500% of their ad-supported rates.
- anotherhue 3y ago
  Ye olde Xanadu had this in their scope. I think it went further and allowed a paragraph based granularity.
  - jdougan 3y ago
    Finer granularity than that. At least in Xanadu Classic/Green/88.1 the granularity was down to the byte
standardUser 3y ago
I've been waiting for that kind of option for years. Decades even! But the reigning paradigm among all businesses these days seems to be subscription-based recurring revenue, so I'm not holding my breathe.
dmitrygr 3y ago
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FalconSensei 3y ago
that would actually make sense. Just be able to buy today's newspaper. Same would be interesting for weekly magazines. Like... occasionally I'm interested in a magazine, but I just want like 1 edition because it has something that caught my attention
rufus_foreman 3y ago
A paper copy is $5 at the gas station or the grocery store. I buy one once in a while and would rather do that then pay $1 online and be tracked. I certainly won't be signing up for a subscription that makes it harder to cancel than to sign up. Also it's good to be reminded once in a while how badly being online has destroyed my ability to concentrate, which is what happens when I sit down to read an actual newspaper.
yashg 3y ago
There is a publication in India (The Ken) that allows you to buy a single article. But the cost of a single article is so high, it's not really worth it. It's 1/6th of the price of their annual subscription. The idea is to discourage single article buys and push a customer towards an annual subscription because it's a much better value. Classic pricing technique. Of course they are a business and they have to maximize the revenue. If people could buy single articles for pennies, no-one would buy the expensive monthly/annual subscriptions except the diehard fans.

by ksd482 3y ago

Johnny555 3y ago

If there was a privacy preserving micropayment system that charged pennies for per news article across a wide variety of news sources, I'd sign up immediately. But what I don't want is a micropayment system that just turns into a big tracking system to track my reading habits across a wide variety of news sources.

vicnicius 3y ago
Coil proposes something on these lines: https://interledger.org/case-studies/coil/ https://interledger.org/case-studies/coil/
quonn 3y ago
A micropayment system might lead to even more clickbait teasers etc. I would like an option to buy a complete issue in a simple way.
takoid 3y ago
You’re basically describing Basic Attention Token, or BAT.
- codetrotter 3y ago
  Yep BAT is a pretty cool idea. I have yet to see anyone actually use it though :/
reaperducer 3y ago
If there was a privacy preserving micropayment system that charged pennies for per news article across a wide variety of news sources, I'd sign up immediately. There was a service like this maybe 10 years ago. You subscribed to the service and then you could pay something like 3¢ or 5¢ to read different articles. The problem was that it didn't carry the entire newspaper, only "featured" articles. And it only had maybe a dozen periodicals in its collection. Great idea. Poorly executed
basch 3y ago
You likely already have something like this through your local library, that you already chip in to pay for.
- FalconSensei 3y ago
  this assuming the local library has whatever they wanna read available.
Veserv 3y ago
Pennies per article is a absurd markup. The normal rates I see on the internet for ad-supported businesses is on the order of 200 cents per 1000 views, or 5 views per cent. If they charged you even a cent per article they are already marking it up to 500% of their ad-supported rates.
anotherhue 3y ago
Ye olde Xanadu had this in their scope. I think it went further and allowed a paragraph based granularity.
- jdougan 3y ago
  Finer granularity than that. At least in Xanadu Classic/Green/88.1 the granularity was down to the byte

standardUser 3y ago

I've been waiting for that kind of option for years. Decades even! But the reigning paradigm among all businesses these days seems to be subscription-based recurring revenue, so I'm not holding my breathe.

dmitrygr 3y ago

Here is the article: https://archive.is/UOrkU https://archive.is/UOrkU And you can pay here: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/archive.today https://www.buymeacoffee.com/archive.today

FalconSensei 3y ago

that would actually make sense. Just be able to buy today's newspaper. Same would be interesting for weekly magazines. Like... occasionally I'm interested in a magazine, but I just want like 1 edition because it has something that caught my attention

rufus_foreman 3y ago

A paper copy is $5 at the gas station or the grocery store. I buy one once in a while and would rather do that then pay $1 online and be tracked. I certainly won't be signing up for a subscription that makes it harder to cancel than to sign up. Also it's good to be reminded once in a while how badly being online has destroyed my ability to concentrate, which is what happens when I sit down to read an actual newspaper.

yashg 3y ago

There is a publication in India (The Ken) that allows you to buy a single article. But the cost of a single article is so high, it's not really worth it. It's 1/6th of the price of their annual subscription. The idea is to discourage single article buys and push a customer towards an annual subscription because it's a much better value. Classic pricing technique. Of course they are a business and they have to maximize the revenue. If people could buy single articles for pennies, no-one would buy the expensive monthly/annual subscriptions except the diehard fans.