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Re:Show HN: Tinder, but to Decide What to Eat by digitalsushi on Sunday November 03, 2024 @08:18PM (#42037554)
if and when someone invents microtransactions for real ... i still think being able to pay a penny or a nickel for a resource, instead of a subscription, would be an interesting experiment.

probably everyone would end up going broke but i would love to see a simulation of it, if not a real experiment.

i know nickel transactions costs a dime to process, but if it was cheap we could have new ways of having new things.

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Re:Show HN: Tinder, but to Decide What to Eat by nighthawk454 on Sunday November 03, 2024 @11:37PM (#42038487)
That would be kind of neat. Bc realistically the marginal costs on most digital things is negligible. But if it were practical to charge people the 1e-11 dollars per page view or whatever maybe could do some interesting things
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Re:Show HN: Tinder, but to Decide What to Eat by interestica on Sunday November 03, 2024 @10:25PM (#42038138)
As soon as we get microtransactions, we will also see the implementation of micro-fines.
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