I have done a lot of Website hosting jobs and I can tell you the demand for micropayments is huge! News Websites go through a lot of trouble to monetize their content but if they could charge pennies for reading their content would be much better and their readers would easily pay it.
In other words, if Bitcoin's Lightning Network proves itself with micropayments the internet as we know it is going to change forever. Who knows, objective, investigative journalism might even come back to replace the fake news we have today all over the place.
Thanks for the insights, I agree. And, yes that would be something now wouldn't it?!