Did I miss the part where pageviewing was the premium service for micropayment? I saw video game playing in the article and everyone starts bitching like yahoo is going to replace pop-up ads with micropayments.
Fact is, I'm willing to pay small amounts of money for some items - like shareware and music. I'm not paying someone $15 for an app I could write if I had a few hours to to kill, but I might pay $2 if it was a click away. Likewise I think music is worth about $0.50 a song.
Of course it will never be a click away because someone will find a way for javascript to auto-click on the buy button a thousand times, or hide the buy action underneath the 'Click here for more info' link, etc, etc, etc.
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Did I miss the part where pageviewing was the premium service for micropayment? I saw video game playing in the article and everyone starts bitching like yahoo is going to replace pop-up ads with micropayments. Fact is, I'm willing to pay small amounts of money for some items - like shareware and music. I'm not paying someone $15 for an app I could write if I had a few hours to to kill, but I might pay $2 if it was a click away. Likewise I think music is worth about $0.50 a song. Of course it will never be a click away because someone will find a way for javascript to auto-click on the buy button a thousand times, or hide the buy action underneath the 'Click here for more info' link, etc, etc, etc.