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Re:100 million dollars to reshape the economics of the web by arcturus17 on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @11:39AM (#20996498)
I don't know if I would mind so much donating, say, $20 / month worth of microtransactions to content I really enjoy...

The problem would be the friction of deciding what I reward and what I don't. I don't want to make 200 decisions like that every month in my day to day browsing.

If you bundle it, then it's basically just a subscription (I already pay for, say, the Atlantic).

If you let an algorithm decide for you, then it probably becomes a shitshow.

Maybe there's a genius idea to solve this massive UX problem but I certainly don't see it.

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Re:100 million dollars to reshape the economics of the web by mrlala on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @11:46AM (#20996593)
>The problem would be the friction of deciding what I reward and what I don't. I don't want to make 200 decisions like that every month in my day to day browsing.

Yeah that is exactly the problem. It would be like having an ala-carte TV cable where you were charged every time you turned on the TV to watch a certain show. I just wouldn't do it.

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