> 1. Nelson wanted to institute optional micropayments, like 1 cent or fractions of cents to pay to access content. This would mean that nearly everything would have a paywall.

Of course there are obvious problems in his ideas but I think micropayments could have been a better monetization option than the ad and data collection model.

Years ago I held out hope Apple could make something work. I'd be happy to pay for content on the web, if I didn't have to have 50 or 500 different subscriptions.