How "get-paid-to" apps like Freecash, briefly a top five App Store app in September, pay users small sums to play games and help publishers find big spenders (John Herrman/New York Magazine)

John Herrman / New York Magazine: How “get-paid-to” apps like Freecash, briefly a top five App Store app in September, pay users small sums to play games and help publishers find big spenders — Is getting paid to scroll a symptom of the economy or its entire future?