There are so many articles which have 'interesting' clickbaity headlines, that I DO NOT WANT to pay even 1$/€ for every single one. Maybe 1 to 10ct, via legal microtransactions, not some cryptocurrencyshit.
If they don't get that, and are too stupid to push for that, with all their journalistic force and might, maybe they aren't that important, and never were to begin with? Let them all burn in a bonfire of their very own.
> There are so many articles which have 'interesting' clickbaity headlines
Sure. But there are many good ones too. Not just random ones, but take FT or Economist. Several times a month I see a headline I'm interested in, and I do trust them to not bait-and-switch the article. Maybe I'd read it and conclude it was not worth it, but that's not the same thing.
But they both want to sign me up for a subscription. No. I'll pay $1 to read this article if and only if this is the end of the interaction.
So I end up paying them nothing, and not reading the article. (or someone with a subscription copy-pastes the content for me)
> If they don't get that, and are too stupid to push for that, with all their journalistic force and might
Maybe they're stupid. Maybe "I'm not the typical user". Maybe it's just not feasible for FT/Economist alone to implement what I'm asking for, because the micro payment infrastructure doesn't exist.
There is SEPA with instant payment in the European Union, which has to be available at no additional cost. Which in practice already works for micropayments, as can be seen by various entities booking 1ct to verify the validity of the account holder/data.
Amazon does this, Aliexpress does it, many others already do this. Why can't the effing press/media do it?
Similar applies to US-American ACH.
But no, those r-tards always want to sell their bundles and abonnements.
If they don't get that, and are too stupid to push for that, with all their journalistic force and might, maybe they aren't that important, and never were to begin with? Let them all burn in a bonfire of their very own.