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Anil Dash
@anildash.com

For folks who remember the concept of "selling out", I wrote this a few years ago so you can explain it to younger people who are not familiar with what the idea meant within culture. www.anildash.com/2023/04/18/w... It's hard to explain why someone would not license their song for a commercial.

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Rusty Foster@rusty.todayintabs.com

Growing up in a time when “selling out” was the most shameful thing you could do and then being forced to live through the 2020s feels like being kicked in the head by a horse every day

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Tim Beauchamp
@tbeauchamp.bsky.social

When asked to sell my domain (the name of a very large number), to Stanford grads and I said no 'cause I liked what I was doing with it more than what they wanted if for. I eventually sold it because I was tired of the overhead and hate-mail from it. Did I eventually sell out? Probably

Queen Sissy
@queensissy.bsky.social

Great article. Boy oh boy, the days of SHOCK and ANGER at “Lust for Life” in a cruise ship commercial were wild. I like that the kids have a more tempered view of things. Sometimes you need money for your kid’s education. Or surgery etc etc