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People will always prioritize their own interests. "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
by Ferret7446 3y ago
People will always prioritize their own interests.
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it."
This is going to be invective, but creators who feel insecure are naturally going to lash out against anything that they perceive to affect their income and/or reputation/image.
Great creators, great creations benefit from open sharing, per Gabe Newell's well-known quote. There will always be piracy, but that doesn't impact the creator because people who like a work want to support the creator if they can afford to. Fear of piracy comes from insecure creators, and that insecurity comes from the lack of skill or perceived lack of skill.
To put it bluntly, content creation is extremely oversaturated and most people don't create things that justify their price. I wish they could do what they love and not worry about sustaining themselves, but economic reality is economic reality.
- boppo1 3y ago>Gabe Newell's well-known quote I don't know it. >economic reality is economic reality. Not if the FOMC had anything to say about it since '08. And they did.
- CatWChainsaw 3y ago"Piracy is a service issue, not a price issue."
- yakubin 3y ago> There will always be piracy, but that doesn't impact the creator because people who like a work want to support the creator if they can afford to. Fear of piracy comes from insecure creators, and that insecurity comes from the lack of skill or perceived lack of skill. That leads to a reality where creators earn money from charity based on celebrity status, instead of from a trade of goods. A reality where every creator needs to be a celebrity to make ends meet is a horrifying one.
- Viliam1234 3y agoIf you have too many creators, something will filter them out. It could be celebrity status. It could be marketing skills. It could be something else. But either way, it will be something... and the people who have a problem passing that filter will complain that it is unfair. > A reality where every creator needs to be a celebrity to make ends meet is a horrifying one. More horrifying than a reality where every creator needs business skills to make ends meet?
- yakubin 3y agoCurrently you can be an anonymous creator and sell your stuff in various places. You can also be a celebrity and live from a mix of Patreon and social media. The suggestion to allow free sharing of everything would remove the first model. I’d prefer the first model to stay viable. And being a celebrity also involves business skills. You’re just selling yourself instead of things.