Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero
by jodrellblank on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:26PM
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They don’t dream of micro transactions where you make micro decisions to approve it, they dream of it like a direct debit leech where the amount they drip out is micro enough that you won’t bother taking the decision to stop it - like Amazon Prime, gym membership, wine magazine tasters, book club, whatever you subscribed to but forget about.
Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero
by qroshan on Saturday January 18, 2020 @09:00PM
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So a 'centralized' place which aggregates all your transactions, right? Why can't this centralized place use credit cards then?
Decentralization is for clueless idiots who doesn't understand Decentralization or everything is a trade-off concept
Or just the friction of "do I really want to pay $0.05 for this?"
LOL, that's so obvious in retrospect: if something costs so little, it's because you probably don't need it. Minor annoyances, even the mere decision, and you won't bother.
Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero
by lonelappde on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:12PM
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The economy would collapse if people only bought what they needed
Probably only the parts of the economy that we don't need
Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero
by zaptidizap on Saturday January 18, 2020 @04:56PM
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Not if people could aford what they need.
Re:Why so many things cost exactly zero
by konschubert on Saturday January 18, 2020 @07:41PM
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no.
Whether it's actual time spent signing up, putting in my credit card data, updating expired cards, etc. Or linking my account/PayPal/Venmo to receive tiny transactions.
Or just the friction of "do I really want to pay $0.05 for this?" And I just don't want to make a choice, so I close the tab.
I know a lot of people dream about microtransactions changing everything... but even if they work flawlessly technically, I just don't want the mental overhead of making 20 tiny economic decisions every time I use the internet. Ugh.