Post #1276189

2026-02-21 20:36 UTC

I explored this with my $1-a-month ramble a few weeks ago, in which I made the case for a simple way for people who like what I do to essentially give a recurring tip. But the thing that lots of artists get hung up on is (again) the platform fees. Auxpack aims to bypass that problem by making it easy for artists to band together and form their *own* subscription. Think of it like a booster pack, where each trading card is an artist you already or might like.

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@kidlightbulbs@musicworld.social 2026-02-21 20:36

Artists can offer some kind of bonus content to pack subscribers, the patron pays once monthly (ie one Stripe fee), and Auxpack divvies the rest among the artists via a weekly payout. Artists can *optionally* put aside a small % of their choosing to support the platform. The important parts here are *community* and *simplicity*: I didn't build this to be another streaming platform or major toolset. Instead,

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