If users can earn $AUDIO by building API integrations, and third party apps built using Audius' API become popular, it would be extremely difficult for Audius founders and executives to gain support of a voting majority. Artists prefer to be on the application that's popular and they would not vote to severe the integration with popular third party apps. Other users (fans) would also feel the same. Basically, the popular third party application built on top of Audius gains network effects and improves its defensibility while Audius, the decentralized platform, slowly loses its network effects and defensibility. Interesting!!
If users can earn $AUDIO by building API integrations, and third party apps built using Audius' API become popular, it would be extremely difficult for Audius founders and executives to gain support of a voting majority. Artists prefer to be on the application that's popular and they would not vote to severe the integration with popular third party apps. Other users (fans) would also feel the same. Basically, the popular third party application built on top of Audius gains network effects and improves its defensibility while Audius, the decentralized platform, slowly loses its network effects and defensibility. Interesting!!