The latter model is objectively "worse for fans" because you have to pay more money, but that also makes it better for creators Once you hit a certain ceiling it is, I hate to say, a zero sum game
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The best, most realistic proposal I think exists for how to deal with this is to have an actual, literal tax Public funding for the arts, like the NEA and your local government's artistic grants But this *also* very unpopular -- more unpopular than old CD prices were
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I would love, love to live in a future socialist world where there's a big public mandate to subsidize artists and pay them a livable wage for work commissioned according to a democratic process I am really, really not holding my breath this will ever be more than a pittance
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This is totally spot on. I'm not sure what people aren't getting. I'm always a late adapter to things, I've grudgingly got into streaming over the last couple years, and I do like it, from a consumer stand-point, but I don't use it in lieu of buying music, and I know 1/
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That I'm totally in the minority on that, which sucks. Because, the irony is that consumers are killing the ability for there to actually be a "product" I think it's crass to call music that, but.. anyways, yes, this limits the market to a few massive acts, and yes these acts 2/
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