• Nalivai@discuss.tchncs.de
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    18 hours ago

    The idea is that you support creators out of the appreciation and not because you’re forced to.
    This seems to work as a model for YouTubers and podcasters. They usually have most of their stuff available for free, and people pay them money, and more often than there is no reward for the money, other than satisfaction of supporting the creator.
    This is obviously one example, and it only works for periodic installments, but it is a working alternative to the system, where people who don’t want or can’t pay don’t do that

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      9 hours ago

      This seems to work as a model for YouTubers and podcasters

      No, it doesn’t. They’re still being paid by YouTube/Spotify a flat amount based on the number of views - which are being paid for by ads and premium subscriptions.

      Which means: people pay (one way or another) first, consume the content later.

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        9 hours ago

        a flat amount

        Nope, the amount is anything but flat. For bigger youtubers the ad money start to be significant, and for bigger podcasters spotify pays something, but for the most, amount of money from ads is negligible.