I said this on HN yesterday, but I'll repeat again since it's VERY relevant.
I'd like the subscription, as you mention too!
What I'd like even more (for voluntary payment) is a subscription that divvies up my monthly 'budget' according to the % of the time I spent on different sites. Say I spend 50% of my browsing time on Nytimes, 30% on HN and 20% on New Yorker, and my monthly allocated budget is $20. Then NYT gets $10, HN gets $6, NYer $4, etc.
Or perhaps, a monthly budget where the money is deducted for subscription sites, per article/time whatever. Once my budget is finished, I see 'normal' web like everyone else does.
I don't really care about ads, but maybe people who don't want to see ads could pay like, 2x as much, etc.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of innovation in this field. Perhaps it's the difficulty of integrating everything in one place?
Edit after reading the comments: Google contributor just removes ads instead of getting you 'special pass' right? Do the site owners get paid for the 'eyeballs' from the subscribers?
I'd like the subscription, as you mention too!
What I'd like even more (for voluntary payment) is a subscription that divvies up my monthly 'budget' according to the % of the time I spent on different sites. Say I spend 50% of my browsing time on Nytimes, 30% on HN and 20% on New Yorker, and my monthly allocated budget is $20. Then NYT gets $10, HN gets $6, NYer $4, etc.
Or perhaps, a monthly budget where the money is deducted for subscription sites, per article/time whatever. Once my budget is finished, I see 'normal' web like everyone else does.
I don't really care about ads, but maybe people who don't want to see ads could pay like, 2x as much, etc.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of innovation in this field. Perhaps it's the difficulty of integrating everything in one place?
Edit after reading the comments: Google contributor just removes ads instead of getting you 'special pass' right? Do the site owners get paid for the 'eyeballs' from the subscribers?