I believe the case for micropayments was shot down back in 2002 when Scott McCloud first proposed it as an option for webcomic authors in his comic post "I Can't Stop Thinking" (the original no longer exists at his site, but various rebuttals [1] are still around)
Basically, people hate microtransactions. They hate the very idea of paying per article. They don't want to do it.
Ars, among many other sites, offers yearly subscriptions with various benefits (such as no ads) and that business model has worked well for them for many years.
Basically, people hate microtransactions. They hate the very idea of paying per article. They don't want to do it.
Ars, among many other sites, offers yearly subscriptions with various benefits (such as no ads) and that business model has worked well for them for many years.
[1] https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/06/22/magic-its-what...