7 sats that everyone currently praising mirlo will back pedal in less than half a decade 😅 the only obvious difference between that and bandcamp is marketing lingo... have you tried selfhosting their code?
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No I haven't... I hadn't delved deep into it tbh.
I really regret promoting them back in their starting block. The exact same way i regret beta testing for Bandcamp!
Mirlo had open sourced, jam.coop had not. Seemed like the obvious contender. But a closer look quickly reveals their entire model is based on becoming an authority and centralized growth: you can't do shit with their code except scrutinizing it. I also suspect most of their proponent don't understand the coop is purely for the Mirlo staff. Last time i checked, the musicians creating the value weren't even in the cards. I'm really tired of organizations putting themselves between the crowd and artists. The latest trick is to call yourself "ethical" and create a coop instead of an LTD.
Mirlo isn't filling a need (lowering entry barriers to publication) they're gatekeeping the knowledge and experience it takes for sovereign publication. Also they seem to hate Bitcoin and will happily pile on you for even suggesting that it could be a useful tool to musicians, quoting shit from the fed playbook in smirk and typical passive-aggressive "good lucks" wishes :D
Thanks for the info! I hadn’t dug into it but kind of chimes with why I prefer the self hosted RSS route, any company has the potential to turn to shit and experience tells us most do, once they’ve captured folks. I want to have my own FairCamp version but I’m putting that off until I deploy my new server.