Ethan J. A. SchoonoverJun 14, 2023
The story of the internet is never let the money guys in
Show threadLPSJun 15, 2023
@ethanschoonover
And the story of music, art etc, etc ;)
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Show threadWolf480plJun 17, 2023
@lps @ethanschoonover @JRepin
So the Medici were also a negative influence on art? Or were they a different kind of money guys?
Show threadXauri'EL ZwaanJun 20, 2023
@wolf480pl @lps @ethanschoonover @JRepin I mean, they funded a lot of great art, but they also funded an unreasonable number of paintings that had Medicis in them. I kind of get the feeling we probably could have come up with a better way of funding brilliant renaissance art
Show threadXauri'EL ZwaanJun 20, 2023
@wolf480pl @lps @ethanschoonover @JRepin like, imagine the best and brightest artists of our time being forced to constantly paint portraits of Elon Musk or put Jeff Bezos in every crowd scene in order to be able to create their groundbreaking new work
Show threadWolf480plJun 20, 2023

@XauriEL @lps @ethanschoonover @JRepin
*looks at the best and brightest youtubers*
> this video is sponsored by NordVPN

yeah... I think renaissance artists didn't have much problem with that

Show threadXauri'EL Zwaan
@wolf480pl @lps @ethanschoonover @JRepin Yes, I'm sure the fact that youtubers are literally forced to shill for scammy companies in order to afford to eat can be taken as evidence that they are all happy and highly enthusiastic about their business relationship with the companies they are advertising, and likewise that renaissance artists had no problem whatsoever with the fact that their creative freedom depended on the largesse of wealth-hoarding dildos
Jun 20, 2023 at 5:33amWeb
Show threadWolf480plJun 20, 2023

@XauriEL @lps @ethanschoonover @JRepin
I think "literally forced" is an exaggeration - I'd expect that most youtubers had other career options, and *chose* youtube as a preferable one.

Also, some of them (eg. Tom Scott) are in a position where they can choose which companies they run ads for.

Also, if we can't come up with a better way to fund youtubers today, I highly doubt our ancestors could've come up with a better way to fund painters and especially architects back then.