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<blockquote data-quote="ReshiIRE" data-source="post: 8359685" data-attributes="member: 7031231"><p>Interesting perspective and good experience. I admit, I am not an artist myself, so I don't have first hand experience in this area.</p><p></p><p>However, I would make the point that competition between good and bad outfits does not necessarily always result in the good outfit winning, nor does it necessarily solve the problem. Especially in this case, a company like D&D Beyond is a big fish in a pond that isn't necessarily super competitive due to their relative 'official' recognition. So, it may not be enough to simply ignore or try to make them irrelevant. It may be necessary to challenge them as well.</p><p></p><p>Market pressure (the 'invisible hand of the market') has not worked in many different areas. It is possible it won't work here.</p><p></p><p>I do think current economic relaties make issues like this more fraught. Not to go too deep into politics, but I think relevant here is the fact our economies and systems are set up to force people to work in whatever the 'market' deems viable or useful - which often times isn't necessarily actually useful to people or contributes much to society. And if you don't want to do that, you often have to end up quite insecure in life or working in fields that are often devalued and exploited, or to live in want and povety, which is pretty naughty word for all around.</p><p></p><p>Systems like universal basic income and such may better solve this problem, by allowing artists to take on their job or trade that may not work out or may be fraught with potential exploitation and abuse without havign the risk of becoming homeless or living in abjact poverty. And without that risk, the risk of exploitation reduces.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ReshiIRE, post: 8359685, member: 7031231"] Interesting perspective and good experience. I admit, I am not an artist myself, so I don't have first hand experience in this area. However, I would make the point that competition between good and bad outfits does not necessarily always result in the good outfit winning, nor does it necessarily solve the problem. Especially in this case, a company like D&D Beyond is a big fish in a pond that isn't necessarily super competitive due to their relative 'official' recognition. So, it may not be enough to simply ignore or try to make them irrelevant. It may be necessary to challenge them as well. Market pressure (the 'invisible hand of the market') has not worked in many different areas. It is possible it won't work here. I do think current economic relaties make issues like this more fraught. Not to go too deep into politics, but I think relevant here is the fact our economies and systems are set up to force people to work in whatever the 'market' deems viable or useful - which often times isn't necessarily actually useful to people or contributes much to society. And if you don't want to do that, you often have to end up quite insecure in life or working in fields that are often devalued and exploited, or to live in want and povety, which is pretty naughty word for all around. Systems like universal basic income and such may better solve this problem, by allowing artists to take on their job or trade that may not work out or may be fraught with potential exploitation and abuse without havign the risk of becoming homeless or living in abjact poverty. And without that risk, the risk of exploitation reduces. [/QUOTE]
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