Bridge that Gap: Great Central Railway News

Agreed, which is why I was at pains to point out that saying "I don't watch videos" is completely fine; I don't take such a hard line personally but if that's your thing, that's ok. I was simply trying to point out that in this case the news is available by other means.

Have to agree with you there! There are one or two artists (music) who I'm into, who have Patreon supporters who receive exclusive new songs (not available to the general riff-raff), and so on. Even where I have all their CDs and go to their gigs, I haven't and won't sign up to this. If the songs are good enough, put a CD out. If you need Patreon income to live off, but you're good at what you do, something is wrong with the music industry. To be honest, the whole concept feels barely one step removed from signing up for an OnlyFans account (and I'm not going to do that either, before you ask!)

 

As a subscriber or a producer?

Tom

 

Something's very wrong with the music industry. Because of readily available access via the streaming platforms people don't, for the most part, buy albums any more and the streaming payments to artists are miniscule. Basically, the music industry was mugged twice. First by the pirates who used to rip CDs and put them on line; then by the 'mainstream' streaming companies when these seemed to be the only way to sidestep the piracy. Artists had little or no say and streaming in its various forms (including Patreon, which gives a better return direct to the artist) is now, more or less, the only way to get recorded music out to a wide audience.