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> I have money and I have a URL, how do I send money to the publisher of that URL? This question could easily be “I have money and I have a person’s name and a
by rmccue 2y ago
> I have money and I have a URL, how do I send money to the publisher of that URL?
This question could easily be “I have money and I have a person’s name and address, how do I send money to them?”
The only way to do this consistently would be to mail them physical cash, since there’s no way to consistently send money electronically across the world (and you’d have a currency conversion problem too - if someone mailed me US$0.23, it’s not worth exchanging it).
Building micropayments infrastructure requires building broader financial infrastructure, not just adding a meta tag. This can use existing infrastructure to some extent, but it’s a pretty big challenge.
(For example, in Australia, you can send someone money if you have their email address (via PayID), so you could bootstrap that part - minus the international part.)
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- ysavir 2y agoI think the (not clearly stated) intention is for an automated way to detect the pubisher's explicitly preferred method of compensation. Which is a sensible request, since it can allow a browser button/extension that sends you there with the click of a button, rather than having to search the page (or a video) for a mention of it. Though in my experience, publishers and creators make it pretty easy to find that information, so the use of this tech would be very niche.
- kuschku 2y ago> since there’s no way to consistently send money electronically across the world In theory there'd be SWIFT, but that's too slow and expensive. The EU has the SEPA, but few other countries actually care about joining or replicating that success.
- FinnKuhn 2y agoThe EU is also working on a digital Euro [1] that is supposed to roll out to the whole EU and support digital payments without any fees. Let's see, if they succeed with that, but if they do it would be great. [1] https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/html/index.en.html https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/digital_euro/html/index.en.ht...
- m01 2y ago> “I have money and I have a person’s name and address, how do I send money to them?” Send a cheque?
- Martinussen 2y agoI don't know about other places, but here there's no bank that will turn that slip of paper into real money. I've never even seen a cheque or chequebook in person, it's almost exclusively mentioned by Americans (In my experience)
- baud147258 2y agothe last two payments I sent by cheque here in France got processed, one by the national electricity provider for about 50€ and the second by an association/company (I'm not sure) for 200€. The last cheque I received, in 2021 (my grandmother reimbursing me the gas refill I did on her car one week before she died), got processed for free by my bank. But I don't think the chequebook I have can be used to sent money to someone outside of France. And I only have a chequebook because that's how I have to pay my electricity bill.
- Suppafly 2y ago>But I don't think the chequebook I have can be used to sent money to someone outside of France. I suspect if you sent me one, my credit union would figure out how to get me the money eventually.
- knorker 2y agoI got a cheque for $5 once. It would have cost about $40 to cash it.
- lakomen 2y agoYeah but we're in the digital age and trying to make things better than they were