For newspapers/magazines, this existed in the Netherlands for some time. It was called blendle[0] and worked exactly as you described. It was a fantastic way to get legit access to a handful of articles from various sources without the need to take any subscriptions. The best thing was money back, no questions asked policy, for every article you bought.
The model failed however (cannot recall the details but there are plenty of writeups [1]) and they switched to a new model which is all you can eat for 10 euro a month. However the selection is trimmed down massively.
I kinda miss it, although typically now I just 12ft or web archive anything I really like to read.
The model failed however (cannot recall the details but there are plenty of writeups [1]) and they switched to a new model which is all you can eat for 10 euro a month. However the selection is trimmed down massively.
I kinda miss it, although typically now I just 12ft or web archive anything I really like to read.
[0] https://blendle.com/getpremium
[1] https://www.niemanlab.org/2019/06/micropayments-for-news-pio...