It's not like others have not already though about this, but there are a lot of legal and organizational problems with pooling and passing through money like this, and once you reach a certain scale all sorts of anti-money laundry regulation become an issue as well.
this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2023
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There used to be this service called Flattr, and it's still around, but I'm honestly not sure how it works anymore. The way it used to work is you set a monthly amount you're willing to contribute, you get to specify which projects to support, either one time, or recurring, and then your contribution is split up between the projects you chose to support.
I don't know if this is an ideal system, because some creators might end up staying unsupported even though people are using their creations, others end up reminding their audience constantly to use the service and support them, so they end up with more than a similar creator not reminding their audience.
In the end, I think the best thing for all creators would would be universal basic income. Everyone is taken care of such they can survive and pay for necessities, and then they can just create stuff for others to enjoy, for free. (Oh, the humanity!) No trying to convince people to share part of their hard-earned money just for basic survival.
I believe Pixiv is exactly what you describe for artists, but not open source.
thx I ll check it out.
I think https://nebula.tv/ does that? Good idea and should be done more. But from my perspective as a user it just feels like bad and limited YouTube app without sponsorblock.
- Not open source.
- Can't customise my feed in any way. It's full of creators I don't like who post a lot of videos.
It's rudimentary, but the "library" tab is akin to the "subscriptions" tab on YouTube. That's how I tailor my experience.
In what ways would it be limited to youtube other than monetary gain.
Sorry I don't understand the question.
I just meant that there is this site nebula, which I believe does what you described for videos.
Then I described my experience as a subscriber of nebula.
Oh okay, well it can always improve right.
The creators I watch on Nebula remove their sponsor segments for the videos they release on the platform.
Doesn't happen in my experience, and even if, sponsorblock can also skip the 'pls subscribe' and other annoying parts.
Best scenario would be to implement it into newpipe, which should be possible somehow. But not if nebula chooses to stick to it's own app, which I find very bad overall.
I agree the nebula app is pretty terrible. I'm willing to accept a bit more jank if it means it helps creators. Thankfully, they allow you to get an RSS uri for their podcasts, which includes the actual audio. It would be dope if you could do the same with their videos, but right now they just have feeds that link back to watching on their app or website.