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    1. Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️𐃏‏ @webdevMason 22 May 2019

      I still *really* don't understand why there isn't a digital wallet I can just load up and use to buy single articles from any major publication on the fly, zero friction. I'm not happy with paying $50-250/year for one pie when what I clearly want is a spread of slices.

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 22 May 2019
      Replying to @webdevMason

      I've been waiting to fund this for so long. IIRC I may have even tried to talk the Airbnbs into doing it early in YC when I didn't like their idea yet.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 22 May 2019
      Replying to @paulg @webdevMason

      The hard part is getting started. The "major publications" will be the last to switch. You need to start with individual writers. And who knows, maybe by the time the major publications decide to switch, the individual writers will have superseded them anyway.

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        2. Sam Feldman‏ @sam_feldman_ 22 May 2019
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          This is slowly happening with @brave browser. There’s a wallet in the browser, and publishers like NPR and the Washington Post have signed up. I bet it’ll eventually be easy for them to implement this model.pic.twitter.com/W0rxxDva2b

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        1. Jeremy‏ @JeremyBrace 22 May 2019
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          You’re seeing this already with Bitcoin. One of the beauties is micro transactions. A content creator can create a piece of content and readers can donate small amounts. Those small amounts add up over time. Decentralized journalism.

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        1. Abeer Choubey‏ @AbeerChoubey 22 May 2019
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          @paulg ... Yet our application was rejected for summer 19! 🤔😔 When our solution is even more efficient than this...!

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        1. thibauld  🌍 🔥 ⏳‏ @thibauld 22 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg @webdevMason

          You guys need to take a look at @UnlockProtocol. @julien51 is a man on a mission!

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        2. Lama‏ @LamaAlRajih 22 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg @webdevMason

          @cjgbest RFP

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        1. Tim Raybould‏ @timraybould 22 May 2019
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          Starting on the demand side, instead of the supply, could help as well.

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        1. JT Tyler‏ @JTT329 22 May 2019
          Replying to @paulg @webdevMason

          Jaron Lanier has been talking about it forever too. Thinks it’ll fix all the problems that have popped up from advertising. https://youtu.be/FwbmlBzLXDk 

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        1. desi scientist‏ @desiscientist 22 May 2019
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          Check out http://coil.com ...exactly what you want..based on xrp..5$ /month..

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