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   peachfront (peachfront@toot.community)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 00:18:33 JST peachfront

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   • Judd Legum

   @juddlegum

   they fail to understand that a small barrier is the same size as a large barrier-- it's a barrier, that is, an interruption

   we all click away to read or do something else

   same problem Amazon's having with Kindle Vella, people just don't enjoy constantly being kicked out of the reading "zone" to be nagged for tokens/pennies

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     Paul Cantrell (inthehands@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 00:18:33 JST Paul Cantrell

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     • Judd Legum

     @peachfront @juddlegum
     I think this is exactly right, and the reason micropayments kept failing was not the “micro“ part, but the UX friction. There needs to be some way for a person browsing the web to set some amount of money that they’re willing to give out entirely passively to sites they visit, with essentially no thought per click. Which is exactly what ads do (in a wildly inefficient and society-destroying way).

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     Judd Legum (juddlegum@journa.host)'s status on Monday, 01-May-2023 00:18:35 JST Judd Legum

     Everyone who has never tried to make a living as a writer thinks micropayments are a good idea.

     RT @elonmusk@twitter.com

     Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click.

     This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per article price for when they want to read an occasional article.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1652349875017879552

     🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1652349875017879552