Open micropayments in 2001 might have meant no Hulu or Spotify
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if some of those things had been in place, micropayments back in 2000, 2001, we may not have things like Hulu, Spotify, you know, these, we may not have those things today.
Episode 216: Salty Sage (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:24:16 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Dave imagines a different history: if live, funding, L402 and micropayments had existed around 2000-2001, we might not have Hulu or Spotify. Instead there might be 40 apps to choose from, all podcasts behind the scenes, where you buy content, send payments and listen to live events. The silos happened partly because the open pieces weren't there.