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We need to break out of the entire dichotomy between paywalls vs ads. Both of those models are deeply anti-social at their core. Of course, it's still essentia
by quadrangle 6y ago
We need to break out of the entire dichotomy between paywalls vs ads. Both of those models are deeply anti-social at their core.
Of course, it's still essential that we fund creative work. But we need to stop presuming that the only options are paywalls or ads. If paywalls or ads bring enough funding, then the money exists. We just need to work out how to distribute it to the creative workers by means that aren't so compromised.
- cwyers 6y agoWhat are the other options?
- quadrangle 6y ago- public funding (i.e. tax-supported) - private grants - crowdfunding patronage (without paywalls, actual donations) - business support of commons / ecosystem that is shared among businesses in the crowdfunding domain, it's still rare but not unheard of to have pure uncompromised patronage, e.g. https://www.peppercarrot.com/ https://www.peppercarrot.com/ having no paywalls, FLO licensing, and no ads among efforts to build more effective mass patronage, there's Snowdrift.coop (not yet fully launched)