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I never thought about it. Users do indeed hate them. I've never participated in a modern micropayment and intuitively _do_ hate them. He's also right that it doesn't matter why, but I really want to know -- lol. Maybe it's just the added friction between me and content I might have some blanket subscription for?

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It’s the anxiety of having my time metered, combined with the life experience of having been poor enough that even a few dollars here and there really matters.

bc we've been conditioned to expect everything online for free: email, news, social sharing, etc. its been subsidized by investors and access to our "data".

its also bad design/marketing. i hate paywalls, too. but i'd gladly throw a bone here or there if given the opportunity, just like hitting an upvote button. so dont call it a payment or implement a payment system; call it something else that conveys gratuity/gift/support/tip/whatever

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