No one's yet made a workable solution for web micropayments, but one aspirational design metaphor I like is an electricity meter.
I don't think about running my dishwasher as a transaction with a price and a receipt: I just do things, and I get a bill at the end of the month.
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Yeah, it's spot on what we've been working on in the last two years with friends at Coil and other co-s
Here's a few links you might appreciate:
webmonetization.org
coil.com/explore
developers.coil.com/community/who-
grantfortheweb.org/grantees
Would love your thoughts!
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I'm excited to see it! I'm curious how you think about price discovery? I know Coil's an all-you-can-eat situation right now, but I imagine you have thoughts on how long-tail publishers might play in the mix?
Right now the rate is fixed but we're working on adding tipping arbitrary amount.
I think it should be on the developer/creator side to decide how much to charge and the flow should be automated for small amounts/fav sites and 1-click confirmation for bigger amounts/new sites
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