ok, it is reasonable to focus on the situation in the US.
my point about USSD codes was that a globally applicable solution for micro payments does exist, and using a complex system with many steps really just begs the question of what prevents these simpler systems from being adopted.
the answer is probably politics and lethargy. the inability or unwillingness for big companies to innovate.
to be clear, i am not criticizing your work, but the state of micropayments in the US, and i am mostly interested in discussing what can be done about that.
showing people how it can work now may or may not be part of that. personally i am more inclined to look at this process and run away screaming than make any attempts to adapt it.
yeah, fair. I'm expecting most reader's eyes to glaze over so I'm expecting zero money out of this, given all the hurdles I hit to accomplish this task that should have been easy. but the first step is to document the current state of the world and get that out there.
my point about USSD codes was that a globally applicable solution for micro payments does exist, and using a complex system with many steps really just begs the question of what prevents these simpler systems from being adopted.
the answer is probably politics and lethargy. the inability or unwillingness for big companies to innovate.
to be clear, i am not criticizing your work, but the state of micropayments in the US, and i am mostly interested in discussing what can be done about that.
showing people how it can work now may or may not be part of that. personally i am more inclined to look at this process and run away screaming than make any attempts to adapt it.