Hence platforms like axate, which make micropayments trivial. Want to read that NYT article? Fine, pay the 30 cents and read it. Want to read all the NYT artic

Hence platforms like axate, which make micropayments trivial. Want to read that NYT article? Fine, pay the 30 cents and read it. Want to read all the NYT articles? Subscribe for $20 a week. If Youtube wasn't owned by an advert company you could have the same -- creators could have a "pay 50c to watch this 30 minute video without adverts". I believe (haven't had youtube adverts for years) that the ad rates for western viewers are under 1 cent per view, with 1 advert every 5 minutes, so a 30 minute video would be 6 adverts or 5 cents. Youtube even has the funding built in via the "tip" mechanism.