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Some people here have mentioned microtransactions for news, and that reminded me of an app I used to use called Blendle. Back in the day you used to be able to
by calebh 2y ago
Some people here have mentioned microtransactions for news, and that reminded me of an app I used to use called Blendle. Back in the day you used to be able to top off your account and pay <$1 for each news article. I used to use it quite a bit. From what I can find online, the business model never succeeded, and the majority of the people who downloaded the app never actually made any microtransactions. It's a shame because I really enjoyed it.
- eitland 2y agoBlendle was really cool, but they 1. didn't have the stuff I was looking for (tech comes to mind). I was still trying to use it hoping more magazines would come along. 2. changed their model. It is a few years ago now, but I think there were two things: 2 a) the original model had a time limit were you could look at an article and if you immediately realized it wasn't your thing you could go back within x seconds and not pay. 2 b) IIRC they also switched from a reasonable pay-per-view price to an "all you can eat (from our very limited buffet)" model. I think it was at this time I stopped checking and gave them up. "Pay monthly and have access to everything"-models are only really attractive if you have access to everything you want: Spotify and Apple Music are good examples here.
- d_k_h 2y ago<$1 isn't a micro-transaction imo. It needs to be a fraction of cent.