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Anything which does scale is going to go the same way as recorded music. We can take bets on how long, either directly using betting markets or indirectly by f
by msla 7y ago
Anything which does scale is going to go the same way as recorded music.
We can take bets on how long, either directly using betting markets or indirectly by founding or investing in companies which depend on the profitability of certain kinds of scalable thing, but there's nothing scalable which can magically only be scaled the right way by the right people.
- wwweston 7y agoWe had a better model for artists for recorded music before buffet streaming: pay for recordings. The trajectory we're now on was less an inevitability driven by new tech + market forces and more a result of specific policy choices and business plays. If your generalization applies (and it may well apply), then that's something to consider for anyone who could find themselves as easily exploited by scale as its beneficiary.