Today Fraxion Payments released its latest update, version 1.0.0, of its micropayments plugin, bringing in a true universal one-click login for locking content.

What this means to readers is that they don’t need to have an account for each and every Word Press site that uses Fraxion Payments. They can go from site to site to site, clicking and unlocking content as fast as they can read it. They only need to have a Fraxion Payments account, and away they go.

The whole idea of giving content away for free is flawed, just like the whole idea of Communism is flawed.

If “free with advertising” worked then Communism would also have worked.

Matt Wardman from The Wardman Wire and contributor to Online Journalism Blog was interested in what we are doing at Fraxion Payments. So he came and asked us a whole bunch of questions. Very nice of him.

The argument about micropayments has been going on for years, with both sides enthusiastically supporting their position. Some say they will never pay for something that is free. Others say they would pay for high-value content. Yet this is missing the point. What has a huge bearing on this question is that of price.

Charging for what you put your time and effort into creating is perfectly fine. Or charging for a service. Just try going to the doctor and asking for surgery for free.