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> If you are spending less than $1 per hour on your entertainment (podcasts, videos, articles, games, books, etc.), consider finding ways to support creators a

> If you are spending less than $1 per hour on your entertainment (podcasts, videos, articles, games, books, etc.), consider finding ways to support creators and the infrastructure that supports them. So I should send them extra money because I keep using it? I bought the discography of a band (0.2665 € / hour according to last.fm so far, obviously falling), should I now set up a monthly donation just because I keep listening? It seems like advocating to only use subscriptions and never owning anything. This is such a weird take.

surprisetalk 3y ago
If you get a lot of value from their music, you may want to support them via merch and concerts! I've found that "$1 per hour" is simply a good starting point for figuring out which things in my life are worth supporting. Obviously, it may be different for other people :)
- Semaphor 3y ago
  Going to concerts is sadly not a "want to go" thing, but "is there anything that’s close by", and I say that as someone living in a metal country like Germany.
majewsky 3y ago
There are other ways besides subscriptions and ownership: Patronage is a big and popular one, through platforms like Steady or Patreon, or even just direct bank transfers. Another big one is commissions, though that's usually more of a thing with artists than with musicians or videomakers.
- Semaphor 3y ago
  Yes, there are different ways to subscribe. And again, I find it extremely weird to be supposed to keep paying indefinitely because you keep using something you bought.
  - toss1 3y ago
    It's not to keep using something you bought. It's because you value the artist, and want to support them continuing to make new things that you'll like in the future. Rapidly changing economic structures can strip away sufficient economic reward via the ordinary way of 'purchasing' things, such that continuing to make them is no longer viable. E.g., Spotify paying artists $3.3 per one thousand streams, but almost no one buying CDs. They are proposing ways — in this environment — to direct more of the funds directly to the creator, so that they can keep creating. But if continued creation is not of value to you, you are free to skip it.
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Minor49er 3y ago
According to this blog, I owe Trent Reznor hundreds of dollars for a second hand Nine Inch Nails CD I got for $5

surprisetalk 3y ago

If you get a lot of value from their music, you may want to support them via merch and concerts! I've found that "$1 per hour" is simply a good starting point for figuring out which things in my life are worth supporting. Obviously, it may be different for other people :)

Semaphor 3y ago
Going to concerts is sadly not a "want to go" thing, but "is there anything that’s close by", and I say that as someone living in a metal country like Germany.

majewsky 3y ago

There are other ways besides subscriptions and ownership: Patronage is a big and popular one, through platforms like Steady or Patreon, or even just direct bank transfers. Another big one is commissions, though that's usually more of a thing with artists than with musicians or videomakers.

Semaphor 3y ago
Yes, there are different ways to subscribe. And again, I find it extremely weird to be supposed to keep paying indefinitely because you keep using something you bought.
- toss1 3y ago
  It's not to keep using something you bought. It's because you value the artist, and want to support them continuing to make new things that you'll like in the future. Rapidly changing economic structures can strip away sufficient economic reward via the ordinary way of 'purchasing' things, such that continuing to make them is no longer viable. E.g., Spotify paying artists $3.3 per one thousand streams, but almost no one buying CDs. They are proposing ways — in this environment — to direct more of the funds directly to the creator, so that they can keep creating. But if continued creation is not of value to you, you are free to skip it.

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Minor49er 3y ago

According to this blog, I owe Trent Reznor hundreds of dollars for a second hand Nine Inch Nails CD I got for $5