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It’s time to rethink our relationships with streaming services
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this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2023
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I know it sounds naive but honestly I just wish I could consume media and when I like it I can just send them some money without any hassle.
Perhaps a monthly preset amount that is spread out over my consumption.
I know the pirate bay guys did something like that where you have a centralized subscription and can like blog posts and the like.
However I'd prefer something like crypto, but also convenient and controlled by a Foss program running on my own hardware.
Dreams am I right.
So the artist gets a cut of every stream? Isn't that just Spotify's model, which is infamously kinda shit for the actual artists?
Spotify's model is basically how can we screw everyone, and keep the maximum for ourselves. Bandcamp is probably a better example, where artists actually get the bulk of the sales.