80% Of Us Consumers Won't Pay For Online Content

80% of US Consumers Won't Pay For Online Content

According to a new Forrester survey, almost 80% of Internet users in the US and Canada would not pay for access to newspaper and magazine websites. Those users who would consider paying for content are mostly interested in subscriptions. Only a very small number of consumers is interested in making micropayments (3%).

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