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I don't totally understand... users have "complete control" over how much money they send, but payments happen "without interaction by the user"? These things s

• bertman 2y ago
  From the official spec (still WIP)[0]: >For example, micropayments of a predetermined monetary value could be "streamed" to the site over time. Alternatively, the user could make one or many discreet "one-off" payment(s) of any arbitrary monetary amount, even while micropayments are simultaneously being streamed. Also, Flattr[1] tried (and eventually failed) to establish something similar more than 10 years ago. [0] https://webmonetization.org/specification/#goals https://webmonetization.org/specification/#goals [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flattr
  • fragmede 2y ago
    Timing is everything so maybe 10 years ago was too early, not to mention Google has more resources than Flattr. ChatGPT didn't exist back then, and the whole online ad ecosystem is going to go through some upheaval.