Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appear After 5 Seconds

Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by octoberfranklin on Tuesday January 06, 2026 @10:02PM (#46522029)

Ignoring the cryptocurrency angle for a second (to avoid distracting knee-jerks)...

Have you thought deeply about why micropayments have not been embraced?

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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by thaumasiotes on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @03:47AM (#46524073)

All transactions include several kinds of costs. Reducing the monetary costs to zero does nothing for the other costs.

Enthusiasm for micropayments is very similar to enthusiasm for cutting the price of something from $5.001 to $5.00000001. It's a 0.02% decrease in the price! They make about as much sense as saying "hey, if I can buy 80,000 plastic ninjas for $500, I should also be able to buy one ninja for $0.007".

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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by tcfhgj on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @10:27AM (#46527469)

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Re:Vienam Bans Unskippable Ads, Requires Skip Button to Appe... by octoberfranklin on Wednesday January 07, 2026 @07:05PM (#46535149)

Yes. And AML/KYC. Advertisements don't bear the burden of AML/KYC, but micropayments do.

AML/KYC costs money, enough to make truly micro micropayments impossible.

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