Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted?

Re:Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted? by mikeyouse on Monday April 06, 2026 @07:26PM (#47668758)

Many have tried it (as well as the oft-recommended micropayments idea) and it never justifies the added expense and overhead of the customization. Closest is probably the NYTimes’ gift article feature.

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Re:Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted? by Dylan16807 on Monday April 06, 2026 @07:47PM (#47668912)

I really doubt the implementation difficulty is the actual reason. It's not hard to have an extra table of specific article permissions.

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Re:Sam Altman May Control Our Future – Can He Be Trusted? by mikeyouse on Tuesday April 07, 2026 @08:29AM (#47674249)

Probably true, it's more likely that it's a variation on "there are only a small percentage of people willing to pay any amount of money for an article, so if we offer one-time options, a large enough percentage of people who would have otherwise subscribed with recurring revenue instead pay one-time so their lifetime value is lower"

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