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Re:How YouTube’s Shifting Algorithms Hurt Independent Media by jerf on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @02:22PM (#14141431)
"I don't want to commit to a monthly."

Another part of the reason I tend to support the model is that I've watched micropayments for.... umm... gosh, about 16-18 years now. It isn't going to happen, or if it is, it's going to require something relatively fundamental to shift.

I expanded more on that 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14117016 (Also why I decided I need to disclaim being a shill, since these two things came in quick succession.)

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Re:How YouTube’s Shifting Algorithms Hurt Independent Media by rasz on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @07:00PM (#14143802)
Twitch is doing micropayments now https://blog.twitch.tv/introducing-cheering-celebrate-togeth..., they call them bits, 1 bit is ~$0.015

First micropayment service that actually is _micro_.

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Re:How YouTube’s Shifting Algorithms Hurt Independent Media by jamesjansson on Wednesday April 19, 2017 @10:14PM (#14153439)
Not really first. I run Tapview, we do micropayments that you can put on your own site, and we go down to 1 cent. Also, I'd say we are definitely not the first.
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