Oddbean

I would much rather see a percent of my incoming zaps be split and go to pay for/toward my use of an app. If the app makes it easy for someone to create and publish their content, and then a defined % of zaps to that content goes back to help support the app, then it’s mutually beneficial.

Yep, could be opt in/out even, I would happily opt in to that and let it just happen in the background. I would be happy even if it was an opt in, would probably have to be transparent on sign up or whatever. I think that would be more of a big deal for more popular people than me lol

I like how it aligns the incentives. Creators (and even other users to a lesser degree) are already incentivized to create good content because it’s a source of their revenue. Client devs are incentivized to make apps that creators will use for monetizing their content. They could provide a couple options: 1) split of incoming zaps, or 2) flat rate subscription. And choosing either option could give them access to a set of features, extra media storage, streaming bandwidth, etc. All the things they’d need anyway to continue putting out their content.

Very well put! Many people don’t realize that for some it doesn’t even matter if it makes a huge profit, as long as people are willing to pay even a symbolic amount. It’s a signal that is hard to ignore. Without it it feels just like yet another job that you are doing and getting nothing in return 🐶🐾🫂🫡