Ecash at this stage is a lot like shopping in
a pretty flat mail order catalogue.  And the 
products are the same as the ones you might get
for free other places.  Take a look at the things
I purchased in my large and small experiments.
Are you impressed?

The visual metaphors have changed from catalogues
and books (print media) to spatial metaphors like
shops, houses, and main streets, but the products
are essentially the same.

It's less about innovation and more about controlling
bandwidth and limiting hits on your server.  As places
like Yahoo and the Well have experienced problems with
high use levels, many have responded to charging 
admission fees to cure these woes.

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