Micropayments are Bad, Bad, Bad

Re:Neilsen, Jakob, The Case for Micropayments. See also Readers' Comments on Micropayments. Sidebar to Jakob Neilsen's article on Micropayments. (January 25, 1998)

I completely disagree with the micropayments system. The internet should be free of cost at all times unless you are going to purchase an item or good. As Neilsen says, "The Web is a user-driven phenomenon, where people go online for a purpose. Quite often, that purpose will be to buy something, so there is a great future for commercial sites that sell or support products and services. Traditional products can be charged to credit cards, but many Internet services will require incremental payments rather than large one-time payments. "

Unless you are going online to purchase goods, you should not have to pay for viewing a web site. I can see how the Post Office is trying to tax emails because they are being financially hurt due to decreased mail flow. But too bad!! If we allow the internet and email to be taxed or charged for viewership then what next!!