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The Future of Subscriptions: How Machine Payments Could Change the Internet?
Online subscriptions became the default business model of the internet because there was no practical alternative.
Machine payments may change that.
Most discussions about machine payments focus on AI agents.
But the larger opportunity may be much closer to everyday internet users.
As protocols like x402, MPP, and APP mature, software could move from selling access to selling outcomes.
Instead of paying $20/month for a tool:
ā¢ $0.02 for a document analysis
ā¢ $0.05 for a generated image
ā¢ Pay for individual actions instead of monthly access
Less plans. Less registrations. No forgotten subscriptions.
Will subscriptions disappear? No.
But they may stop being the only viable way to monetize digital products.
In this new article I share a perspective on how machine payments could reshape online subscriptions, software monetization, and the broader internet economy.
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