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    1. Sam Altman‏Verified account @sama 28 May 2016

      Alt view 3: the other real problem is that not enough of us are willing to pay for news, so we get the click-bait ad-driven news we deserve.

      32 replies 151 retweets 378 likes
    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2016
      Replying to @sama

      We're willing. They just insist we pay by subscribing, instead of per-article.

      22 replies 13 retweets 51 likes
    3. Josh Elman‏Verified account @joshelman 28 May 2016
      Replying to @paulg @sama

      try @Blendle - pay by article and you can refund at bottom of article if you didn't like the value you received

      3 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
    4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2016
      Replying to @joshelman

      I looked at the site. It's not what I want as a user. I don't want recommendations, just micropayments.

      5 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. Josh Elman‏Verified account @joshelman 28 May 2016
      Replying to @paulg

      it literally is just micro payments for articles. You can ignore the recs. Just that you have to read in their environment.

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2016
      Replying to @joshelman

      That sounds bad too. The whole reason I want micropayments is to make things less work for me.

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        2. Josh Elman‏Verified account @joshelman 28 May 2016
          Replying to @paulg

          Twitter or fb should have built this in long ago since that is where I get most links from. Blendle is closest I have seen though

          2 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
        3. Fouad ElNaggar‏ @ThufirHawat 28 May 2016
          Replying to @joshelman @paulg

          most people don't want to pay for news. If news is important to you, most likely you're price inelastic, thus sub model.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        4. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2016
          Replying to @ThufirHawat @joshelman

          I am price inelastic. I am not work inelastic.

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        5. Fouad ElNaggar‏ @ThufirHawat 28 May 2016
          Replying to @paulg @joshelman

          if true, then you will pay for subscriptions, set to auto renew, and never think about it again as you read any article!

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        6. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2016
          Replying to @ThufirHawat @joshelman

          Having to remember I subscribed to something is work.

          2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
        7. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2016
          Replying to @paulg @ThufirHawat @joshelman

          Also, subscribing itself is work. On one site I checked recently it was 23 fields IIRC.

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        8. Fouad ElNaggar‏ @ThufirHawat 28 May 2016
          Replying to @paulg @joshelman

          this is true, but there's usually an initial set up cost for any utility: power, Internet, insurance, information, etc.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        9. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2016
          Replying to @ThufirHawat @joshelman

          There is, and because of that I'll only do it if forced to. 1 power co can make me; 30 pubs can't.

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        2. Matthew Willis @  🇨🇭‏ @mattsappsTV 28 May 2016
          Replying to @paulg @joshelman

          so you'd like the publishers you already read to offer per article micropayments rather than downloading a separate app?

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2016
          Replying to @mattsappsTV @joshelman

          Yes, that would be ideal.

          0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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        2. Joe Marchese‏ @joemarchese 28 May 2016
          Replying to @paulg @joshelman

          how would you know which articles you want to buy before you buy them?

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 28 May 2016
          Replying to @joemarchese @joshelman

          A combo of seeing the first part and the price being cheap enough that you're ok guessing.

          3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        4. Joe Marchese‏ @joemarchese 28 May 2016
          Replying to @paulg @joshelman

          paraphrasing Churchill: bundles are the worst option, except for all the others.

          1 reply 2 retweets 4 likes
        5. Eric Ries‏Verified account @ericries 28 May 2016
          Replying to @joemarchese @joshelman @paulg

          ad networks are amazing micropayment infrastructure - could be converted to treat us as customers vs eyeballs

          1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
        6. Joe Marchese‏ @joemarchese 28 May 2016
          Replying to @ericries @joshelman @paulg

          would have to re-architect the entire system and tech to reward value over tonnage, but sure.

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        1. Bram Kanstein‏Verified account @bramk 28 May 2016
          Replying to @paulg @joshelman

          there's a WP plugin already to add micropayments to your site, other integrations coming up - cc cofounder @AlexanderNL

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        1. Alexander Klöpping‏Verified account @AlexanderNL 28 May 2016
          Replying to @paulg @joshelman

          you mean you want to be able to buy paywalled articles from publishers websites? Got it live in Holland work on expanding

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        1. Guy Gal‏ @guygal 28 May 2016
          Replying to @paulg @joshelman

          alternative mode for blendle is b2b to publishers, same tech, different application, better UX

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