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Comment by hightrix | original | Monetization Gateway: Charge for any resource behind Cloudflare via x402
[−]hightrix · 2026-07-02 Thu 01:16 UTC · link
I would argue a nightmare for most.

Turning everything into a microtransaction / subscription is destroying what was good about the internet.

[−]skybrian · 2026-07-02 Thu 01:31 UTC · link
Depends what you compare it to. If the alternative is buying a subscription to get past a paywall, it might be better?
[−]yellow_postit · 2026-07-02 Thu 02:56 UTC · link
Ads, especially personalized ads, are the alternative that powers much of the open internet.

More options are great.

[−]jeremyjh · 2026-07-02 Thu 01:35 UTC · link
Advertising and all the anti-patterns it incentivizes are worse.If the payments are very low and frictionless this could be very good for the internet - as long as Cloudflare is only the first and not the only.