Isn't the model this article describes exactly what Amazon does with AWS? Metered usage is not the same thing as micropayments. I may have skimmed the OP too q

Isn't the model this article describes exactly what Amazon does with AWS? Metered usage is not the same thing as micropayments. I may have skimmed the OP too quickly, but if metered usage was the proposal then the title is misleading. The use case for metered billing is rapid scaling in the face of unpredictable usage patterns.