Specifically to your point of supporting music outside of your taste - its about the bigger picture. You're supporting the artist, but that vote of confidence also supports the message that we opt out of their system. This supports the greater overall network. The stronger we are, the better chance we attract musicians you actually do enjoy. And most people can recognize talent, even if you dont enjoy the content per se. These monetary votes of support is signal, and propagating the signal matters.
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Right, but we've been there and done that so many times and it rarely amounts to anything in terms of user growth.
I dont disagree - and im not saying everyone zap and we'll take down spotify tomorrow. There's a lot of steps in between and a lot of points of failure. Yeah we've been around this carousel before but it only starts if we insert a token first.
Some will accuse me of thinking "but thisntime its different". Well that's the thing, it really is. We have real industry people like myself, @OpenMike @Aaron of Essex @means here and a whole load of real difference makers in the real world pushing this forward.
We are talking to mainstream artists who play to crowds of millions and getting positive responses. I have in my hands an album to release, from one of the touring members of the Goo Goo Dolls. We have major venues that are on the world's stage interested in what we are doing here. It may not seem obvious from our little corner of the world but forces are in motion every day. This momentum builds very slowly in a world where the talent swims in a pool of sharks and we are getting somewhere.
Keep the faith is kinda what I'm saying here.