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The irony of most of today’s loyalty programs is that they aren’t about loyalty at all. They have more to do with economic calculation and gain management than with the true affinity for a brand.

MetaMask's surge is not simply about usage — the company has also scaled revenue rapidly. In October of 2020, the team unveiled the "Swaps" feature outlined above. As mentioned, Swaps allow users to exchange their currencies, with MetaMask executing the transaction on a separate exchange. As payment for doing so, MetaMask extracts a 0.875% fee.

The Covid-19 effect on online learning could broaden the range of popular subjects, education experts say. But so far, training for the tech economy is where the digital-learning money lies. With more of work and everyday life moving online — some of it permanently — that will probably not change.

Top substack writers all have a clear focus. The Dispatch writes about politics, Matt Stoller writes about monopolies, Bill Bishop covers China.

Simply put: streaming doesn't support artists. So even though Bandcamp does stream, that's not how it supports artists. Which is what it really is about as a service.