Chrome is looking into adding a website payment system, where you could have a refillable "tip jar", and when you visit websites with paywalls they could pop up with the cost for that specific article. Hit yes, it deducts that from your tip jar, and you read the article.

There are some similarities to a system that Brave browser already uses, except you generally earn money for brave's version by allowing the browser to show you ads (although I'm pretty sure you can buy the credits directly too). Either way, the internet is moving towards needing to pay for content, and trying to find more convenient ways for users to do that.