[ncallaway]

It’s really the credit card fees that make it non-viable. That and it’s hard to charge someone $10 to read a $.99 article, and promise them they’ll have $9 in credits they can use in the future. That and network effects.

If I had the option to pay $1 each time NYT or other sources pay-walled me out, they’d have a lot of my money.

[ghaff]

I'm pretty sure you're in the small minority. If people were clamoring for micropayments, there's a large fintech/startup world that would find a way to make it work. (And Apple sold/sells $0.99 apps.)

[ipaddr]

Probably 4-7 dollars before you read something not worth the dollar and give up.

Would you be willing to pay for all content? Reading the first few 2 pages here would cost 60 dollars. Should you be paying to read everyone's comments?

[midasuni]

I topped up a multi site system back in 2018 with £3, something like 10p an article. PayPal I think, but fine sat online payment cost 10% fir that or 30p, still worth it for the publisher.

Alas not enough readers used the system and it shut down. People don’t want to pay.

[oneshtein]

The web site can provide user with a credit up to $10 or $25, then charge him.