[mdavis6890]

What would be nice is if I can pay the content creator a small sum to consume the content. I would pay. Nobody monetizes in this obvious way though.

[schwinn140]

Check this out! I happened to see these folks just launched a business doing exactly what you described. I doubt they have any traction but there's hope:

https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/04/fewcents-raises-1-6m-to-he...