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"When you build on someone else's #platform, you are ultimately limited by the tools, features, monetization options that the platform provides. You are at the mercy of the platform's decisions about how #creators can make money. And if the platform decides to change its monetization policies…

The creator economy trap: why building on someone else's platform is a dead end — Joan Westenberg
The creator economy is a dead end for most creators. Why? The creator economy is built on third party foundations. When we talk about the "creator economy" we're talking about writers, podcasters, artists who build careers on TikTok, Instagram, Patreon, Stitcher, YouTube - pick the platf

[The Lighthouse, eine speziell für Sonos-Systeme produzierte Brian Eno-Schiene, die auch dessen Archiv als Ressource verwendet, hört sich gut an, aber ich finde das Prinzip bescheuert und zahle keine 8 Euro im Monat für die HD-Version, ohne die man z.B. auch keine Tracks überspringen kann, fuck platform economy.]

I absolutely love this post, and I agree with just about everything in it, except for one small thing—making mobile apps can also often be part of the dead-end “creator economy”.
In today’s App Stores, there are, generally speaking, two broad kinds of apps: a. apps that deliver your actual content or services that live *outside* the app (Uber, newspapers, podcast players, airline booking), and b. apps that deliver value by the mere fact that it is installed (productivity apps, photo/vi…

The #EU #Platform #Work Directive has finally passed yesterday! It's a modest step forward towards workers' rights, but also has clear shortcomings - namely a narrow focus on the prevention of '…

EU countries reach a compromise deal on gig economy workers' rights, breaking a logjam by letting states make decisions; EU Parliament and members must approve (Max Ramsay/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

EU Reaches Breakthrough on Rules for Uber, Deliveroo Gig Workers
European Union countries reached a breakthrough Monday on planned rules over workers’ rights in the gig economy, after EU member states reached the necessary majority to move ahead with the regulation, according to a post by the Belgian government on the X platform.

EU countries reach a compromise deal on gig economy workers' rights, breaking a logjam by letting states make decisions; EU Parliament and members must approve (Max Ramsay/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

EU Reaches Breakthrough on Rules for Uber, Deliveroo Gig Workers
European Union countries reached a breakthrough Monday on planned rules over workers’ rights in the gig economy, after EU member states reached the necessary majority to move ahead with the regulation, according to a post by the Belgian government on the X platform.

Trustful Coopetitive Infrastructures for the New Space Exploration Era
Renan Lima BaimaFINATRAX - Digital Financial Services and Cross-Organisational Digital Transformations, Lo\"ick ChovetSpaceR - Space Robotics, SnT - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, Eduard HartwichFINATRAX - Digital Financial Services and Cross-Organisational Digital Transformations, Abhishek BeraSpaceR - Space Robotics, SnT - Interdisciplinary Centre for S…

Trustful Coopetitive Infrastructures for the New Space Exploration Era
In the new space economy, space agencies, large enterprises, and start-ups aim to launch space multi-robot systems (MRS) for various in-situ resource utilization (ISRU) purposes, such as mapping, soil evaluation, and utility provisioning. However, these stakeholders' competing economic interests may hinder effective collaboration on a centralized digital platform. To address this issue, neutral and transparent infrastructures could facilitate coordination and value exchange among heterogeneous …

"@… goes into some of the reasons…including a dive into the numbers that show that #KevinKelly’s 1000 True Fans idea (like pretty much everything the man has written) is an unrealistic fantasy.
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That’s not how it plays out in real markets, on the …

Media needs more than subscriptions and streaming
Joan Westenberg wrote the following in The creator economy can’t rely on Patreon.: Creators who are burned out by renting space on someone else’s platform and playing the Shopping Channel game, squeezing dollars out of sponsored promotions, eventually shift toward a direct funding patronage model.