The ID of what's paying
Every site that monetizes itself reaches for the same shape first: prove who you are, then we'll leverage your use. A meter does not need that. What a page view needs to know is which meter it draws on, and whether the browser in front of the site is the one that meter names. Neither is a person.
The rest is metered
Reading on costs 0.01 DEMO an article, drawn from a fund you control, under a limit and an expiry you set yourself.
Open this in your wallet on a phone, or scan the code with the phone's wallet. It asks for one transaction, and shows you what it does before you approve it.
When the wallet says it is done,
Continue takes you back to the article you came from.