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This industry is ripe for disruption by micro-payment system. I want to be able to surf, and make a small payment on every website I visit ($0.001). If system detects I actually used something (copy&paste, longer visit, scroll down, print bookmark), payment should be increased significantly.

But it has to preserve privacy, be scam proof...

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That will simply move the incentives towards publishers spreading their content over as many pages as possible to get more micropayments from you.

You mean like they already do?

Like those 'slideshow' style articles that load a new set of ads with every 'slide'?

That is one of the problems which needs to be solved. Scammers are everywhere where money are.

We at Scriber have created a micropayment platform for publishers: https://www.scriber.io/

You can test the user experience of it by browsing our demo publication: http://www.getexplorerr.com/

We've put a lot of effort into making the UX as seamless as possible, trying to mirror the in-app purchase experience of native apps. We're also signed up for Stripe's Apple Pay on the web which should make the process even smoother.

Yes, Blendle is a step in the right direction. It includes the ability to demand a refund if you feel you've been baited. It also charges per article, not per page view -- although the prices are higher than what you quoted.

Ideally the payment system would be in the browser. You deposit some amount the a payment provider, and newspapers sends a 402 Payment Required http code to the browser, when you land on an article.

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