I always thought of micropayments as being like 1cent or less, like a small enough amount to be forgettable for even the stingiest people. And to somehow make it effortlessly simple to pay, so it&#x27;s closer to an impulse purchase. There&#x27;s a lot of friction associated with finding a credit card and punching in numbers and an address.<p>I&#x27;m already using Google Contributor, and have apparently effectively paid amounts from less than a cent to $0.35 to various sites I&#x27;ve visited in the last month or so, and all for $5 a month. Seems like a better way to handle paying for content than signing up for subscriptions individually with dozens of sites.