It’s time to rethink our relationships with streaming services
It’s time to rethink our relationships with streaming services
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It’s time to rethink our relationships with streaming services
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I know it sounds naive but honestly I just wish I could consume media and when I like it I can just send them some money without any hassle.
Perhaps a monthly preset amount that is spread out over my consumption.
I know the pirate bay guys did something like that where you have a centralized subscription and can like blog posts and the like.
However I'd prefer something like crypto, but also convenient and controlled by a Foss program running on my own hardware.
Dreams am I right.
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Minus the crypto (save for big maybe monero), I completely agree. I just don't want to primarily support the middle men and would rather support the creators. I don't mind giving them some money to distribute the media, but not even close to the lion's share they get now.
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Ya I was actually hesitant to write that. Let's just say an open protocol for conveniently sending money.
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It's sad how certain words and technologies get saddled with reflexive opposition even when it makes perfect sense to use them. Nuclear power is another example.
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Yah that's unfortunate, because it's always more nuanced. Maybe there is a way that works with nuclear.
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I know it sounds naive but honestly I just wish I could consume media and when I like it I can just send them some money without any hassle.
So the artist gets a cut of every stream? Isn't that just Spotify's model, which is infamously kinda shit for the actual artists?
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The artist can run their own website in this model. As long as it's easy for me to send money in whatever way I please, using my own program.
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Spotify's model is basically how can we screw everyone, and keep the maximum for ourselves. Bandcamp is probably a better example, where artists actually get the bulk of the sales.
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