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@tamitha @vkc @JoeRess Heh, this reminds me of the unspoken "agreement" people who pirate content made with streaming platforms (of all kinds, especially Spotify and Netflix): "make it ridiculously more convenient to pay you for the content rather than steal it, and I will."

That doesn't address your YouTube/Patreon comment, but it made me chuckle.

I have no evidence to the contrary, so I have to hope you're right. I think it's an overly-positive view, though.

@tamitha @vkc @JoeRess Like, I think a TRUE danger to people like podcasters and YouTubers is the "SponsorBlock" type tools.

...and it's only a matter of time before we get those for audio...

What IF a tool like that comes out for podcasts, and is free, and is SUPER easy to implement. What if a podcaster relying on host-read ads to put food on their table gets income decimated because the advertiser stops seeing any conversation/engagement from their sponsorship?

It keeps me up at night.

Jason ➡️ 🎒 Oregon Coast Trail

@tamitha @vkc @JoeRess Mind you, I think that's very unlikely bordering on impossible, but sometimes it helps an argument to take a scenario to its extreme conclusion 😜