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Re:The Wall Street Journal has built a paywall that bends to... by rconti on Thursday February 22, 2018 @06:27PM (#16442571)
There's so much friction in the payments system. I've gotta stop what I've doing, jump through all these hoops to sign up, and then do it again if I want to cancel. Times every single source I might want to subscribe to.

That's before I even get into the dollars involved.

I subscribe to the Economist print edition (with free digital), and the digital-only NYT and Washington Post. I just don't see myself signing up to the WSJ and the LA Times just to get rid of the paywall the once a month I hit it.

Similarly, I'm not going to subscribe to the Seattle Times (I don't live there anymore, but I like occasionally reading 'local' news from my hometown).

Again, micropayments. If it was 5 cents per article and zero friction, I'd be all over it.

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Re:The Wall Street Journal has built a paywall that bends to... by lazerpants on Friday February 23, 2018 @11:39AM (#16447401)
You just described Blendle, pretty much to a T.

https://blendle.com

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Re:The Wall Street Journal has built a paywall that bends to... by mmaurizi on Thursday February 22, 2018 @06:36PM (#16442646)
What if the site used your GPU to mine 5 cents worth of cryptocurrency while you read the article?
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Re:The Wall Street Journal has built a paywall that bends to... by Joe-Z on Thursday February 22, 2018 @06:53PM (#16442763)
Not the GP, but: nope. Someone grabbing 5 cents from my wallet is not the same as me giving someone 5 cents voluntarily.
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Re:The Wall Street Journal has built a paywall that bends to... by kemitche on Friday February 23, 2018 @01:06AM (#16444566)
It would not have to be involuntary. They could put up the paywall with a message that says "Click here to let us mine 5 cents of crypto. We'll let you view this article in exchange."
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Re:The Wall Street Journal has built a paywall that bends to... by Joe-Z on Friday February 23, 2018 @03:18AM (#16444960)
You're right, I guess letting some unknown entity use my stuff just feels weird. Money is the perfect medium for impersonal exchange of goods and services.
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