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If there's an excess of noise, then there is no effective hurdle. A bit of natural unavoidable friction (e.g., uploading song) is not a hurdle. We do have more
by chiefalchemist 4y ago
If there's an excess of noise, then there is no effective hurdle. A bit of natural unavoidable friction (e.g., uploading song) is not a hurdle.
We do have more choice. Unfortunately, there's been a disproportunate increase in friction / noise.
A net loss, which supports the article's theory.
- lmm 4y agoAn arbitrary barrier to entry raises the bar. If you charged everyone who wanted to make music $1000 before they could get started, you'd get higher quality music on average just because you'd filter out most of the people who are less serious about it. I'm not convinced it's a good thing though.