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by jonas21 2042 days ago
Many things end up at exactly $0.00 because the transaction costs (handling payments, dealing with refunds, reporting taxes, etc.) exceed whatever value the thing has.

This is part of the reason why so many things are ad-supported to begin with -- even if someone is willing to pay $0.03 to read a random article, there's no effective way to collect that.

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Pretend the payment is on a yearly basis for this hypothetical, then. With micropayment fees, making anything 25 cents and up viable.