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Value for value is self-defense against platform gatekeepers

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it's an ideology about the way that you know. Get supported by your by your listeners, but it's also the way podcasting works, because of self defense from these dominant platforms. You you can't sell content, digital content through through apps. That's right with without giving Apple 30% of of the of the the the revenue,

Episode 198: Domain Experts (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:44:51 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

V4V is an ideology about being supported by listeners, but it's also a practical defense: you can't sell digital content through apps without giving Apple 30%, and you can't do it at all through an open, non-proprietary RSS feed.