Posts by teledon1

Re: Micropayments

Micropayments are the solution.

However, the user shouldn't pay the ad providers. The user should pay the content provider for the article. So when you browse to a site like The Register, and click on a specific article, you should have a choice:

1. Pay. Say, a penny to view the article ad free, or

2. Don't pay, and get the article with ads

That being said, There need to be some other conditions:

1. We need a micropayment system and wallet that you can refill from your bank account.

2. The micropayment wallet should not have any personal information in it, and only dispense payments under your direct command.

3. The price to read an article ad-free is required to be displayed before access to the article.

4. The required micropayment must be paid before viewing the content ad-free.

5. You should be able to set your personal limit on content charges. A warning should display when a particular article is asking for more than your article limit.

6. You should be able to see a running total of your ongoing charges at all times.

As a general web philosophy, the user should always have the option to pay for ad-free content, or to accept ads as an option to receive content for free.