13 sats \ 5 replies \ @arrivederci 29 Feb \ on: Introducing: Fountain Radio 🎶⚡️ Music
No thanks. I want a system that is fully decentralised, and where my relationship is directly with the artist and all money goes to them, not with some cut (and control) going to a third party. Sure, you're much better than the existing intermediaries in terms of cut taken but you're still setting yourself up using the same business model (including having a poxy 'Premium service' subscription fee). I want fully decentralised, P2P music streaming and tipping, and I think that will be coming soon.
#NeverOnAServer
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No, I will end up with everyone in my 'utopia' because ppl don't like third parties interposing themselves, taking a cut and exerting some level of control.
Exactly the same story as Bitcoin. Ppl always end up preferring decentralisation when it is available (even if they take a circuitous trip to get there and take some time to perceive its value). Fountain is carrying across fiat thinking and thus is destined to fail and die.
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It's perfectly reasonable to pay a little bit to support the app you're using. It beats having a free app that sells your data to make ends meet.
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Depends what you are paying for. With Fountain you are paying to install yet another (wannabe) middle man and a new centralised platform. Once they reach a certain amount of market share (or, as I guess they are dreaming of, dominant market share) there will be nothing to stop them from jacking up their fees and decreasing the payout percentage to artists. Right now they're doing the usual VC play of making it attractive to new users with lowish fees to get growth and spruiking false 'community' talk and hyping buzzwords (bitcoin, lightning, etc). Just because you use cool technologies (and obviously we all agree here that bitcoin & lighting are cool) doesn't make your centralised platform cool.
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How is it a centralized platform? They're pulling in music from wavlake/RSS and taking a small cut for using the app, just like they do with podcasts. If you want direct access, there will surely be a FOSS listener that doesn't take any cut (and will suck because there's no funding)
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