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by dredmorbius 2 days ago
Ban ads: yes. Or at least tax the motherlovin' heck out of 'em. And regulate the jebeezus too.

(See: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49048747>.)

Micropayments: no.

As I've said before: Micropayments have an absolutely unblemished three decade history of perfectly and precisely failing to work.

(Why? See: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41261063>.)

Alternative: an all-you-can-eat bundling option with a wide selection of publishers. We're already starting to see this with, e.g., commercial wireless / broadband plans, though largely limited to the major streaming platforms rather than news/journalism sources.

See: <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36838925>.