ads have been the only micropayment
system that has worked
I wonder how the web would look like if one could click "pay 1 cent to continue".
Maybe content would become better? Maybe it would make one think "Hmm... one moment, is this something I want to read or am I just doomscrolling?".
Now, the problem with micropayments gated sites is that you are trying to gate the exact thing that attracts people, so don't expect this business model to work.
Regulation.
Where would you go?
Anyway, I don't know? I would go somewhere else. Maybe I would just walk outside? It's not like what I get from HN is essential to anything I do in life.
Because Visa & Mastercard are greedy dicks?