I’m not actually mad at either Scalzi or Amazon; I’m getting good entertainment value for money. But I am in awe at the effortlessness with which successive instalments of cash are being whisked out of my wallet. In the hands of someone evil, this could be dangerous.
Have you seen that meme - most recently in Mary Meeker's annual chart-porn montage - about The Market having lots of credit cards and one click buying? Well, here's the point: if the Internet has become that check-out isle at the grocery store, if you're a merchant: start putting up a bunch of little impulse buys instead of higher priced, bigger chunks of commerce.