Chromium development team working on new way to monetize the web

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The team behind the development of Google Chrome 's engine – known as Chromium – is working on a way to create a tool called “Web Monetization.”

This new feature will allow users to make small automatic payments to consume content . The information was released by the website The Register .

Alexander Surkov, a software engineer at open source consultancy Igalia , is responsible for the initiative. According to him, the new feature aims to expand the possibilities for content creators to make money without relying exclusively on ads and subscriptions.

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But, after all, how will this system work?

When someone interacts with online content, whether reading text or watching a video, the Chrome guatemala phone number library browser will record the interactions and use algorithms to calculate the value of the content consumed.

Therefore, this calculation will take into account factors such as the time spent on the page, the quality of the content and the frequency with which the user interacts with the website. After calculating the value of the content, the browser assigns a corresponding value.