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Publishing is still an unsolved area, and Web3 projects did very little till now to solve the most annoying problems in publishing & ownership.

I buy a movie on my Apple device, but the problem is I can never leave iTunes. I buy books on Kindle, but they're not mine. Same for books on iBooks.

I mean publishing of anything -> books, magazines, art, audio, video, as well as aforementioned movies, and whatever is coming.

I am not seeing any progress 😬 I don't see anybody making Kindle-like publishing easier and more accessible onchain. Maybe it's waiting for Swiftie to kick everyones' butt.

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Problem IMHO is using the word "buy" when what they're really doing is renting.  Apple doesn't want you to own the song, they just want you to give them a bigger margin on the rental.

The unit economics on media need to be unwound for the fundamental model to change.  Independent publishers have a lot more control but they also still need a minimum scale to be viable.

CTO @beelinesai, CPO @snickerdoodle, CEO Zealous. YC/TS Alum & Mentor

yup definitely agree, but even in print you had limits on usage.  bureaucracies are hard to topple!

Yeah, agreed but all this is known for 20+ years yet little has changed 🤷‍♂️ 
I used to be in publishing business - both print and digital and in print you own what you buy yet not in digital 🙄 just so weird that we let it get where it is now