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Readers struggle to support many websites with one payment

Readers who want fewer ads and want to support the websites they use face fragmented subscriptions and repeated payment friction. Some pay for only a subset of sites and read the rest without paying, while others see individual subscriptions as too costly for the sites they visit occasionally. The signals point to demand for one payment that can be shared among participating websites, but they do not establish that publishers would broadly adopt it.

For ad-averse readers who regularly visit independent websites. Mentioned from Jan 2024 to Dec 2024 on Hacker News.

4 different people described this problem in 4 separate discussions.

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0 mentions in the last 12 weeks
Indie fit
3.0/10
Pain
6.0/10
Frequency
5.8/10
Willingness to pay
8.7/10
Momentum
5.0/10
Who pays
Businesses
Competition
Medium
Build difficulty
High

What people said

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  1. I'd pay $100/yr to have ads removed from every site I visit, and have my $100 distributed among the websites that I visit most
    amelius on Hacker NewsJan 2024Asked for a toolWould pay
  2. I would happily pay a subscription that gets divided among whatever sites I visit. In the absence of that option, I pay for a subset of sites and freeload the rest
    DennisP on Hacker NewsDec 2024Asked for a toolWould payHas a workaround
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