@yassie_j That's intentional based off #ValueRemoving #Rentseeking by #CollectingAgencies that pay out as little as 9,0909% [#GEMA] of their revenue to creators...
#Spotify like all #Startups are #unsustainable in the sense of #GrowOrDie schemes...
@JustinLachance @tod
The only thing any #LinkTax and #Paywalling does is drive people from "#Quality [#Mainsteam] #News Outlets" to questionable [tinfoilhatted] #FakeNews & #Propaganda #Media whist propping up some #ValueRemoving #Rentseekers in the form of #CollectingAgencies that also require more #Tracking and further #Enshittification!
@AndrewMurphie @manjusrii well, #LinkTax doesn't provide any value to the consumer, but only #RentSeeking for already big outlets.
Jist like small #artists don't benefit from #CollectingAgencies demanding royalties, but big record labels do.
https://mstdn.social/@kkarhan/110636771969370394
@manjusrii #BULLSHIT!
#LinkTax only serves as #RentSeeking by big media corporations and doesn't improve #journalism at all!
It's like with any commercially licensed content:
If I - like #ALDI - don't want to pay €€€€ in music #licensing fees, I can jist chpose not to play any music at all or evidently only play music not covered by collection agencies.
It's that simple!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEMA_(German_organization)
Likewise #ESPN did block #ISPs in the U.S. that don't pay their #racketteering fees for accessing.
@manjusrii In fact,
#CollectingAgencies' wanting to do
#rentseeking instead of
#DMCA'ing content is the reason why two domestic
#YouTube alternatives in
#Germany basically died despite having once higher market share in 2007:
#MyVideo and
#ClipFish...
@ariegoldshlager maybe because #Copyright as a system is brolen AND because due to #OCILLA & #DMCA they don't have to but only comply with #takedown-notices...
Not gonna defend #Twitter, but the #Copyrightmafia only cares about #rentseeking via #CollectingAgencies...
Kevin Karhan 