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		mirimir on May 10, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Brotherhood of the Ad Blockers > As it turns out, nobody wants to pay for micro-transactions ... Ad-serving systems clearly involve micro-transactions. With payments as small as $.0001 or less. There's no reason why ad-blocking intermediaries couldn't participate. I suspect that you're referring to "micro-transactions" via PayPal or whatever, at $1 per article or more. It's not surprising that nobody wants to pay that much.

vkou on May 11, 2018 [–]

No, I'm referring to 'pay some intermediary $10/month, and they re-distribute it among websites you visit.'

As it turns out, most people would rather see ads... And the websites don't make enough money, unless the rates become unreasonable.

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