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urlwolf:
Google getting into micropayments, If they make it work it could be good news for people who fill the internet with good content and don't believe ads are the solution.

What do you think?

mouser:
I am generally no fan of google -- I find there need to get their tentacles into everything disconcerting and greedy.

HOWEVER, this is a case where it could be a fantastic thing.

I've written several times about what I perceive as the main impediments to the success of micro-payment/donation systems, and these issues can only be addressed by one of the really big, and trusted, players on the internet stage tackling this issue.  Personally I'd rather see it be amazon, but Google would be an excellent second choice.

If they really did this in a serious way, it could go a long way to mainstreaming the idea of sending money safely to independent developers.

The key is, can they get widescale adoption and make it truly safe and effortless to send money..

housetier:
not to forget: make it FUN to send monetary values, jsut like we can send messages along with donation credits here on donationcoder. :)

zridling:
If they really did this in a serious way, it could go a long way to mainstreaming the idea of sending money safely to independent developers.-mouser (September 12, 2009, 01:41 PM)
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Hey, if they can slap an ad on the side of the page, they'll find a way. If history has any say, Google will keep it simple, though not elegant.

app103:
There was no mention of any plans for this to be a microdonation service, just micropayments intended for purchasing online content.

The goal is for every website to hide their content and charge $0.10 each to read their articles & blog posts, or download their software, with Google taking a 30% cut. And at the same time, they will force adoption of their inferior Google Checkout service, which doesn't allow depositing funds from paypal, nor does it allow anyone to take their money out through paypal. (I understand Paypal is the competition, but if that is where my money currently is, you are not going to get any if you are going to be that stubborn and stupid about it)

I don't see this as a good thing because if I am supposed to force people to pay $0.10 to download my software in order to get money through this program, why would they ever want to donate more? And why would they even want to pay to download & try it when the next guy with a paypal button on his site doesn't charge anything to try his?

And why would I want to give Google 30%!

And let's imagine for a moment that this actually flies and has widespread adoption equal to Adsense...

Every forum post with a link to something cool, unusual, interesting, etc that is made on this forum will be one in which you'll have to pay to see it, when you get to their site. Your RSS feeds will be all reduced to partial content feeds in which you'll have to pay more to finish reading (not referring to this site but to all the feeds in your OPML). You may find yourself being frequently faced with paying for content and getting only a single additional sentence. You may even get to pay for your malware before you are infected.

And Google will get 30%!

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