Here's an article on the possibility of micropayments (the ability to charge a very small amount for web content.) This idea has been around for a long time, but hasn't ever caught on (for some technical, and maybe other reasons.) Now it looks like it might be almost ready for real use. Would this be a good thing? Or is it better for the web that people write things just because they want to? (from hack the planet, but now I see that Kottke is talking about this, and I guess it's hot on metafilter too. What comes around...)
i was reading powazek. i think he set up some sort of voluntary pay system. i didnt really check it out but that almost seemed like a good idea, epecially if they were micropayments. i like the idea of micropayments but i know that when i had to pay for time on aol it discouraged my usage. i guess it might depend on the quality of the content/service/product.
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- jim 6-22-2000 5:14 pm
i was reading powazek. i think he set up some sort of voluntary pay system. i didnt really check it out but that almost seemed like a good idea, epecially if they were micropayments. i like the idea of micropayments but i know that when i had to pay for time on aol it discouraged my usage. i guess it might depend on the quality of the content/service/product.
- dave 6-22-2000 5:28 pm [add a comment]