Assume you want to read an article because it relevant for work. Assume your salary is $25 per hour. If you think for just 5 seconds whether you should pay for

Assume you want to read an article because it relevant for work. Assume your salary is $25 per hour. If you think for just 5 seconds whether you should pay for the article or not this will costs your employer 3.5¢. So at least in that context a price of 5¢ or 10¢ per article should absolutely be a no-brainer. What I have no idea is if you can sustain a business at that price - content producer and payment provider. And I am also unsure how well that translates to non-working time. It is at least often argued that you should value that time just like your working time. Psychological barriers as mentioned by others are a very different matter, too.