What obligation do #platformcoops have to operate at the same scale as or even outperform their venture capital funded corporate counterparts? If a #platformcoop does not succeed in having a similar reach as major corporations with comparable features, should it be considered "low quality" or are there other standards of success worth considering?
How exactly do you define decentralised solutions though?
Aren't coops like #JamCoop and @mirlo, or #SelfHosted sites just that? (Admittedly without federation)
#DIY, #artisanal, #coop and #OpenSource solutions usually won't be able to compete with big businesses when it comes to price and/or convenience, just like your community supported farm can't compete with Aldi.
It's really down to you as consumer to decide what is more important to you, convenience or doing what's right.
As always, submit your own release or someone else's, it can be by #FediMusicians or not, hosted on #Bandcamp, #Faircamp, #JamCoop, #Mirlo or #SelfHosted, as long as it is by an #IndieArtist (but bonus points for supporting Bandcampers today, as it's the last one for a while).
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On the eve of #FairtradeMusic Friday, I present puppet jealousy and scandal for those who may have been too afraid to watch before (💥 📞 ), plus some of my online homes.
Neulich saß ich auf meiner Lieblingsdenkschüssel und dachte: Fuck, wenn #Bandcamp jetzt wirklich vor die Hunde gehen sollte, nachdem Neubesitzer Songtradr ja 50% der Belegschaft rausgeworfen hat, was machen wir dann?
Dann: Man müsste eine #Genossenschaft gründen! Ich erwog all die Schritte, dachte an Software-Entwicklung, Zahlungsdienstleister, Serverlandschaften und vor allem an Deutsches Recht, entsorgte die Idee und zog ab.
Zum Glück bin ich nicht der einzige mit der Idee, und hier entwickelt sich offenbar nun genau eine solche: https://jam.coop/about
Ist es gut, ist es schlecht? Wissen wir noch necht.
Aber Aufmerksamkeit verdient #JamCoop definitiv! Vielleicht wird es die notwendige Alternative sein.
This is part of our mission to create a sustainable co-operatively owned online music store - we want to make it as easy as possible for people to see what we're working on and why and to get involved too:
I was planning to get music from a whole variety of platforms this #FairtradeMusicFriday, but I came across so many albums by #FediMusicians that I could only find on #Bandcamp (afaik), that today turned out to be a #BandcampFriday exclusive.
I haven’t shilled my band here in quite a long time. We haven’t been doing much this last couple of years to be honest as the singer has a wee baby but we’ll get round to some new bits eventually.