Sats Enabled Images Idea (hint: 402) \ stacker news ~devs

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The (admittedly not terribly original) idea:

Host your images on xyz dot com. Provide a thumbnail for free. Return 402 for full-size image Else, Provide a full size image when payment provided.

Yeah, LSAT/L402 for the win! we need more adoption of this. had experimented with it here a while ago: https://github.com/kiwiidb/insatgram

I like the free thumbnails spin. It's a protocol version of the freemium model.

Would SN consider adding this pay-per-view feature for full-sized images for users w/ Sats in their wallets who opted in to the functionality?

I wonder if there's any legal issues with selling access to photos in such a way?

I don't think there are legal issues.

For SN I don't think it really makes sense to charge for viewing images. Consuming/reading/viewing SN is free/open and we want to keep it that way.

We might let stackers paywall their stuff at some point, but I think paywalls suck.

Oh god, paywall is rubbish. We have enough paywalled gardens aka social media out there, stacker news does not need it.

Bang on!

Cool idea!