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I really wish that browsers natively supported some sort of "402 Payment Required" HTTP status code (or any other well-known specified indicator) that users cou
by martinsb 6mo ago
I really wish that browsers natively supported some sort of "402 Payment Required" HTTP status code (or any other well-known specified indicator) that users could pay with micropayments, so that they wouldn't have to drown us in this ad garbage. I would gladly pay small but justified sum for an article without setting up payment method on each site and be able to return to it. I would be glad even to donate some amount of money to some authority that'd pay for viewership of those less fortunate and not being able to afford reading quality news.
- krunck 6mo agoThis is doable today if there was a will. But the advertising/surveillance industry doesn't want it.
- aldousd666 6mo agoTransaction costs make it inefficient. Costs more to effect the transfer than they would be able to charge for the articles.