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Solutions already exist. Bandcamp allows artists to let users pick their price, and services like Patreon allow you to support the artist directly. So all of th
by lovehashbrowns 8y ago
Solutions already exist. Bandcamp allows artists to let users pick their price, and services like Patreon allow you to support the artist directly. So all of this would have actually been more difficult in the "good old days," and you now have more ways of supporting your favorite artist however much you want.
- anigbrowl 8y agoAnd those solutions are not so great for quite a variety of artists, which is what this story is about. Network effects force everyone to deal with a small number of platform vendors who dominate their market.