[martinsb]

I really wish that browsers natively supported some sort of "402 Payment Required" HTTP status code (or any other well-known specified indicator) that users could pay with micropayments, so that they wouldn't have to drown us in this ad garbage. I would gladly pay small but justified sum for an article without setting up payment method on each site and be able to return to it. I would be glad even to donate some amount of money to some authority that'd pay for viewership of those less fortunate and not being able to afford reading quality news.

[krunck]

This is doable today if there was a will. But the advertising/surveillance industry doesn't want it.

[aldousd666]

Transaction costs make it inefficient. Costs more to effect the transfer than they would be able to charge for the articles.