Me in 1999: I wanna pay this webcomic guy
Internet/banks: 20 cents plus 3% per transaction pls
Me: bah, I only wanted to pay him like 10p, if 10,000 people do that he'll be quids in. Imagine if computers had coin mechs like your leccy meter and a bloke came round and emptied it out. Haha no that'd be dystopian.
Ad industry, 2000-2023: we're gonna watch you online and spy on you with an actual microphone so we can make a tenner and pay the webcomic guy 10p
Me: ACTUALLY I'D PREFER COIN MECHS