@amadeus I think a complete boycott would open up new options to establish online autonomy. It is maybe a bit hard in the beginning but putting the energy that we save by not using unfair platforms into new approaches would soon give us better online ecosystems and bring us back into the driver seat.
I also think we have a repsonsibilty for the people that consume our work, not to lead them to unfair platforms.
Of course it is an individual decison and we should respect the people not doing it.
@amadeus We should boycott completely, and pull all our resources together and create platforms that are run (as non-profits) BY creators and not by corporate entities. The distribution platforms should not turn a profit.
@amadeus I think the general issue is that on platforms like Spotify, YouTube, AM and Instagram, small users don't generally mean a lot to them. It's the successful artists like Drake & Taylor Swift and models like Kim Kardashian and brands who drive their revenue.
This means that unless you get those people to quit those platforms, they will continue striving.
@solidtrax Yes, difficult. The last such platforms I still use are #google and #instagram. Since I don't have #whatsapp or #facebook and #twitter (or X?), I often use the latter for easy first contact ("you can find me on Instagram..."). 🫣 And I regularly use my Google account to help family and friends set up forms and documents. 🤔 Yes, difficult, but doable, I guess. It will be even harder to connect with me if I jump off these last platforms though. 🥹
@amadeus the problem here is only one. If a musician wants to earn from music then there must be some business model behind to get paid. If not - then even p2p sharing is super-fine for listeners attention. Anyway, #decentralization is the key. Not only from the point of code. Many small independent businesses living together like selling music on own website, platform, etc. All imho 😎
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