Serious question for journo & tech colleagues -- why isn't there a micropayments model for reading online content a la carte?
I'm a huge believer in "pay the writer." I believe writers (and outlets) should be paid for content. But why are the only $ models subscriptions or ads?
There are maybe 1-2 outlets I read enough to justify a monthly subscription, from which I get most of my news. But I read some very specific writers from a range of outlets, but just those individuals. I would be *happy* to micro-pay per article for their stuff.
For me, personally, I want to read everything by @Kate_OKeeffe @BethanyAllenEbr @_KarenHao @willknight @tsimonite but I'm probably not going to read everything on @WSJ @axios @techreview @WIRED outlets overall ... plus, it starts to add up!
I'm legit curious why for all of the tech wizardly people have created there isn't some kind of wallet one can put into a month and then micropay an outlet per article.
Yes! 👇 Music does it ...
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