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?
Niklas Enns@ewolff Would you pay -before- you read it?
@nikenns Yip. I get referred to articles all over the web by Google News. It is dispappointing that I can't read them. Of course, it had to be cheap enough.
@ewolff I started blacklisting sites that give that disappointing experiences. I feel that much diverse news should be free for me but I have no rational arguments why.
@nikenns I wouldn’t mind paying but there is no way I will subscribe. I mean I can go to a kiosk and buy a copy of a magazine there - why can’t I do that online, too? There has to be an economic reason I guess.