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mitram@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

At that point their governance structure would show it’s strengths by enabling a democratic decision taking that could solve the issue

Workers, for example, could suggest a small subscription fee that would cover the infrastructure cost, while listeners will most likely object, their view would be valued and impact the approval of any proposed solution

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teawrecks@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That’s fair, just…for this to scale, it needs to be competitive with existing streaming services. And if the experience for a listener is the same whether a democratic panel raises prices, or greedy enshittification raises prices, there’s not going to be an upside.

To me, the potential upside is identifying the problems with their revenue stream now out in the open, and addressing it now, rather than trying to build a captive audience now and pivot to something more sustainable later.

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