@dredmorbius@toot.catWhy won’t some people pay for news?
In no particular order, issues and thoughts ...
@dredmorbius Interestingly micropayments do exist for online news, implemented in a very round-about way: Assumming they're charged by the kilobyte readers pay to view & be tracked by the ads. Which eventually makes its way back to the newssite.
@dredmorbius@alcinnz Yeah, nah.
"Repudiation as the micropayments killer feature (Not)"
https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/4r683b/repudiation_as_the_micropayments_killer_feature/
NB: Ignore "repudiation" in the title for now --- that's just one of many scamsWschemes to plaster over a turd which fails to address the underlying failures.
Yes, someone can prop up a shitty fucked up micropayments fallacy for a time. It won't solve the general media issue.
Information-as-a-public-good will.
$15.40/person-month for ads-free news. ($8 with ads).
Another $6.50 buys you all-you-can-eat book access.
No tracking, no monitoring, no ads, no bullshit.
Pro-rate by HH wealth/income for equal access.
@dredmorbius I'll be clear: I really don't like the answer I stated. I just find it an interesting parallel to draw.
@dredmorbius@alcinnz I somewhat suspected that on 2nd reading.
I dislike the concept enough that I tend not to bother reading closely, even when I should 