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Matt Ruby's avatar

Feels like the biz model of social media platforms is to be in the way and then have users pay for them to get out of the way.

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Brett Kushner's avatar

I wish they supported more platforms or had some kind of open API (but I'm sure that could be abused by folks)

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Sam Poll's avatar

Was not aware of this feature! Very insightful - curious on your thoughts: I wonder if the widget isn’t prioritized/available on mobile b/c Alphabet wants artists’ teams to pay for ads like Fanduel in this example? And Alphabet has the influence (YouTube generated $6billion for rights holders in 2022) to make this demand of the music industry, meanwhile TikTok ($179million to music rights holders in 2021) figures they have every reason to cozy up to artists (e.g. integrated ticket master links). I have noticed I am bomBARDED with Live Nation ads on Reddit of all places…

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