This is not because microtransactions are in and of themselves a bad thing. But they won't have much economic impact anytime soon. Millicent is another clear case of technology in search of a problem to solve. Other payments companies say it's no technical trick to do sub-penny payments, but why bother. To buy low-cost items on the Net.
Digital cash does hold certain advantages over Internet credit card purchases.
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