I have no problem with that either. In that case, micropayment needs to be dead simple though, I don't want to fill in my personal and credit card details for each site. Both from a privacy and convenience perspective that's a big no-no.
This. My personal prediction: It will go the way of auth, where known trusted companies become the custodians. I'm willing to bet Facebook, Google, Apple, MSFT, and others with large subscribed bases are nursing at least one, possibly several, entrants into this space, but are waiting for evidence that people actually grok micropayments first.
Good point, and we're already seeing things heading that way with app stores cropping up everywhere. I'm sure that there will be something similar for web services soon enough.
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I have no problem with that either. In that case, micropayment needs to be dead simple though, I don't want to fill in my personal and credit card details for each site. Both from a privacy and convenience perspective that's a big no-no.
This. My personal prediction: It will go the way of auth, where known trusted companies become the custodians. I'm willing to bet Facebook, Google, Apple, MSFT, and others with large subscribed bases are nursing at least one, possibly several, entrants into this space, but are waiting for evidence that people actually grok micropayments first.
Good point, and we're already seeing things heading that way with app stores cropping up everywhere. I'm sure that there will be something similar for web services soon enough.
+1, me either. But once they're in, life is easy. Just ask Groupon or any slam dunk subscription site.