New Revenue for Musicians: Branded Artist Apps

On paper this seems like a great idea, but in reality I think it will fail.

The app markets are going to be flooded with largely similar apps with minor content variations. Ultimately this dilution will make the endeavor mostly fruitless for artists as profits slide, while making it more challenging for users to find the best of these apps.

I'm sure many of the artists will also choose to put in minimal effort on contributing to these apps or even have PR people populating the app for the artists.

The real winners here will be the people stamping out the apps.

My prediction, pain!

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