[xg15]

> And what do I see here? That before it even started people are fighting it.

Seems to me, before it even started, people started abusing it. (e.g. by just keeping it running through the whole session)

If you want to invent some acceptable method of compensation for the web, you should make sure that both sides have power to negotiate a fair price.

With ads and tracking, it seems to be all or nothing: Either unreasonably high prices (perpetual tracking and potential malware for a 5 minute article) or unreasonably low (use an adblocker and get it free)

The "proof of work" payment method seems to have the same problem.