Many open source projects accept donations. There's also explicitly paid-for software. What exactly do you wish for that you can't do right now?
replySpecifically the part where engineers get paid the same way as artists on Spotify.
replySo a handful will make a buttload but the vast majority won't make enough to pay rent?
replyCertainly that's how open source pans out.
replySo not at all for their work and with a reverse Robin Hood model? That would be terrible for software.
The way artists gets paid on streaming is a genius play at catering to the biggest artists and labels and screw over the smaller ones, especially true on Spotify with their freemium model
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