So, how does this work concretely?
Is there a HTML snippet/button that each site must embed? If so, it'll be gamed/frauded like crazy, kinda like with ads today. Except unlike ads, there is no incentive to keep fraud away, so all the credits will likely go to people who know how to game the system.
Or is there a page hosted by your ISP where you allocate where the credits go? If so, which fraction of ISP subscribers will be visiting it? And if they do visit it, what are the chances they'll still remember the name of that freelance writer or artist, and not just pick a well-know/popular brand instead?
Or some sort of (again, ISP-provided) browser/browser plugin? If so, how many people would install it? I certainly would not trust _anything_ my ISP provides.
Monopolists and gatekeepers will hate the idea.
So, I decide that 5 credits are too much to pay NYT for news that everyone knows, or some outlet that smacks of having LLM's write everything, so I spend them rewarding some freelance writer or artist. If NYT does some outstanding research, I'll pay some credits for it.
Freedom of choice. A radical idea for media. Indies need equal footing.