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Entertainment seems to be swinging back to being primarily a service business, after a relatively short period as a hit-driven product business. It's not uncomm

Entertainment seems to be swinging back to being primarily a service business, after a relatively short period as a hit-driven product business. It's not uncommon to hear a fan talking about buying a product specifically to support the creator.

wolfgke 7y ago
> It's not uncommon to hear a fan talking about buying a product specifically to support the creator. A consideration: Could a reason for this also be that people do want to avoid that their money goes to "evil media companies" who will use this money to fight against them (think DRM, think anti-consumer legislation etc.)?
Silhouette 7y ago
It's not uncommon to hear a fan talking about buying a product specifically to support the creator. And that sentiment is great, but while it's not unusual, it's certainly not the view that most people take. If even 10% of the people who like our stuff on social media and enjoy using the free versions actually paid even for the cheapest one-off purchase or shortest subscription to support the creators, I'd be writing to you from great hall of my palace right now.