Re:Ask HN: Do you avoid reading articles on sites with paywa...
by lovelearning on Saturday June 13, 2015 @02:39AM
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Yes, I just close the tab.
It's the user experience that puts me off - dialogs with patronizing sentences like "it looks like you are someone who enjoys great content", signing up with a strong password, storing that password in passwordsafe, verifying email, logging in, selecting a plan, entering credit card details....
Instead, if they just used a prepaid wallet through my gmail sign-in and silently deducted some amount - say 10 cents for every 5 minutes spent on their site - without bombarding me with all those irritating dialogs, I wouldn't mind paying.
It's the user experience that puts me off - dialogs with patronizing sentences like "it looks like you are someone who enjoys great content", signing up with a strong password, storing that password in passwordsafe, verifying email, logging in, selecting a plan, entering credit card details....
Instead, if they just used a prepaid wallet through my gmail sign-in and silently deducted some amount - say 10 cents for every 5 minutes spent on their site - without bombarding me with all those irritating dialogs, I wouldn't mind paying.