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> Unfortunate that old redditors and other forum contributors were not able to capture the millions of dollars of value created from their work. It's all down
by BeFlatXIII 2y ago
> Unfortunate that old redditors and other forum contributors were not able to capture the millions of dollars of value created from their work.
It's all down to a lack of viable micropayment infrastructure. See also: ad tech.
- nemomarx 2y agoI think a lot of forum posters wouldn't want to charge micro payments for it though?
- sieabahlpark 2y ago[dead]
- kibwen 2y agoMicropayments exist in apps, and yet that hasn't done anything to stop apps from having both micropayments while also being infested with ads. It's time to dispense with the myth that micropayments were a missed opportunity for the web. Commercialization enshittified the web, and micropayments would have just accelerated that decline.