National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers

Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri... by ncallaway on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @10:45PM (#36515725)

It’s really the credit card fees that make it non-viable. That and it’s hard to charge someone $10 to read a $.99 article, and promise them they’ll have $9 in credits they can use in the future. That and network effects.

If I had the option to pay $1 each time NYT or other sources pay-walled me out, they’d have a lot of my money.

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Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri... by ghaff on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @10:57PM (#36515804)

I'm pretty sure you're in the small minority. If people were clamoring for micropayments, there's a large fintech/startup world that would find a way to make it work. (And Apple sold/sells $0.99 apps.)

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Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri... by ipaddr on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @11:17PM (#36515915)

Probably 4-7 dollars before you read something not worth the dollar and give up.

Would you be willing to pay for all content? Reading the first few 2 pages here would cost 60 dollars. Should you be paying to read everyone's comments?

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Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri... by oneshtein on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:27AM (#36517076)

The web site can provide user with a credit up to $10 or $25, then charge him.

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Re:National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff wri... by midasuni on Thursday June 29, 2023 @02:55AM (#36517252)

I topped up a multi site system back in 2018 with £3, something like 10p an article. PayPal I think, but fine sat online payment cost 10% fir that or 30p, still worth it for the publisher.

Alas not enough readers used the system and it shut down. People don’t want to pay.

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