Eberhard WolffIn the nineties, micropayments for each visit to some websites were discussed. Now websites sell subscriptions which I never buy. But I would pay some money to read an article. Seems like money is left on the table. So what happened to micropayments?
André Fachat@ewolff They probably found out they can get more money for less value by subscriptions. Look at what streaming services do. How many do you have? Only the streaming services seem to go even a step further: you have to pay even though you have a subscription...!
@afachat that might be the case but I’d like to see some details because it doesn’t seem to me that this is true. So I might be missing something.
@ewolff No, I stand corrected with the extra prices. I guess it's only my gut feeling / anecdotal evidence that I recently have to pay more for what I want to see....
For example I liked Google video because of pay-to-go videos - but then more interesting stuff appeared on other services - and those force you into subscriptions.