The "aggregator" dream is dead. You cannot legally watch Severance (Apple) and The Last of Us (HBO) on the same platform. To access all the exclusive entertainment and media content worth watching, the average household now spends over $100 per month across various services.
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This has given rise to the "micro-monopoly." A chef might give a free recipe on TikTok but save the 45-minute technique video for Patreon. A musician releases the song everywhere but offers the acoustic demo exclusively to newsletter subscribers. The "aggregator" dream is dead
Why would a fan pay $10 a month for a YouTube creator's "B-sides" or a writer's newsletter? Because exclusive content is intimate content. It offers a backstage pass. A musician releases the song everywhere but offers