Re: Article from The Atlantic on the ad-support internet

On 18 Aug 2014, at 13:13, Ashok Malhotra <ashok.malhotra@oracle.com> wrote:

> Hi Roland:
> Good to hear from you!
> Yes, we need need  to solve the micropayments problem but
> email can be charged for in bulk -- $10 per 1000 messages, say.
> But there are other issues as Robin points out.
> Also, the email payment needs to be a tax on ALL providers otherwise
> someone will offer a free service and subvert the whole thing!

+1… especially as the next step will be an innovative, “free” service that is supported by… advertising revenue, 
and the whole grisly cycle will start again ;^)

R


> All the best, Ashok
> 
> On 8/16/2014 8:06 AM, Roland Merrick wrote:
>> 
>> Greetings Ashok, as you suggest " charging a fraction of a cent" would seem like it would help and one that I would be happy to use, BUT, we still haven't solved the micropayment problem that stands in the way of such a solution.
>> 
>> Regards, Roland
>> 
> 
> 

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