{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"mike wrote","author_name":"mike (npub1aq…c237n)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1aqakd28d95muqlg6h6nwrvqq5925n354prayckr424k49vzjds4s0c237n","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"I think there are several factors here:\n\nFor Artists:\n\n\"People change when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. \"\n\n\"Network affect\" You go where your audience are, not where you'd like them to be.\n\n\nFor the audience:\n\nFree \u003e Cost\nFree + adverts \u003e Cost, for most, but not all.\n\nAttention is a currency most are used to paying, if you charge money on top of that, then the benefits have to be clear. In the case of YouTube or Spotify, this becomes the removal of adverts.\n\nSemi serious, but perhaps artists could do deals with advertisers and write songs about private health insurance or EasyJet and integrate the adverts into the songs 😂\n"}