Patreon and Substack have pushed back against the norm here, since they can bundle a payment to multiple recipients on the platform (like Flattr wanted to do back in the day, trouble was getting people to add a Flattr button to their website)

I have yet to see a micropayments idea that makes sense. Its not that I refuse. You're now also climbing up hill to convince people (hosts) to switch from ad tech to new micropayment system. There is soooo much money in ad tech, they could do the crazy thing and pay out more to convince people not to switch. Ad tech has the big Mo

I don't know who is downvoting this.

When users are given the choice between Ad-supported free, Ad-subsidized lower payment, and No-ads full payment. Ad-supported free dominates by far, with ad subsidized second, and full payment last.

Consumers consistently vote for the ad-model, even if it means they become the product being sold.