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Becoming Human's avatar

There is another category of tick that you are suggesting here if not explicitly stating - the “marketplace” tick:

- Amazon takes 40-55% of revenue from sellers

- Apple takes 30% from App Store

- Google and Meta take 30-50% of a net sale in advertising media costs

- Shopify takes 30% of revenue from 3rd party developers that provide valuable services to its store operators

- Lyft/Uber are essentially raping their drivers

It is endless. The largest sales taxes in the world are from platforms.

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I have to say - this really struck a nerve. I'm trying, as I have for some time, to find a way to get my books in front of people who will value them. That's difficult enough - if it's even possible today. I don't have a niche. I don't an avatar of an ideal target reader to manipulate with reader magnets. I've just got some damned good stories.

But I realize, reading your post, that I'm behind the times. Because there is no place for a writer in today's world. The kaleidescope and the versificator are already creating novels and songs for the Proles.

I am not a content creator. I'm an author.

I'm not a brand. I'm a human being.

I'm not a number. I am a free man.

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