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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't understand why cryptocurrency isn't an accepted solution to this. Open firefox, attach wallet, drip $0.25/month/user. It's good for tiny transactions.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Because crypto just has such a stink on it.

It may well be a reasonable solution for this specific problem, but still... no one is going to get behind this.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yes now it does, it's beyond soured. But it's a strange disconnect. Ignoring all the social commentary and looking for the most practical solution for making small pay-per-use payments - it was right there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Maaaaaybe. I think the actual advantages over other methods are fairly intangible.

If "surfing the web" required making many very small anonymous payments every hour then yeah, there's advantages. I'll admit that doesn't actually sound terrible - I'd rather pay a few cents to read articles than the current advertising & subscription model.

As a solution for mozilla in isolation though, it would be an over engineered solution with too much baggage. Current mozilla users might have the aptitude for something like this but Mozilla wants to seduce a larger market share which is not people like us.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh man. What a shit show honestly.

I'm a strong supporter of paying for things but this is not the way.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes. I actually shared it before I started reading, and ya it's bad.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Ya I think the ship has sailed, maybe one day. Right now it would be a loony toons move.