Raped from every hole... There is no end to it.
Lol, when you put it so eloquently...
This is for sure an issue, and remember that most people who have happened to try, came in at the hyped highs. It is only downhill for them.
Yeah we all definitely came in to it all from EMA (Electronic Music Alliance) in the ATHs and projects fell apart (Choon, Musicoin) or became seemingly abandoned (dsound - 1 real update in 14 months on Hive after having their Steemit delegation removed so don't really know if it's still being developed) and the faith has kinda gone so everyone went back to Spotify and YouTube to share their music.
As for the APIs, I don't really know about that, it's a bit beyond me the tech sometimes! The way it would work currently on Soundcloud is that you can put a button at the bottom of the track with a link to get the track somewhere like an online store. With the new Hive WordPress Payment plugin now fully working, musicians on Hive with a WordPress site can now at least point fans on SoundCloud who are on Hive to their site to buy it:
Now, explaining that alone was complicated enough with all the variables in but in my head, if DSound ever starts developing or updating again or someone is up for developing a "DCloud" or "HiveSound" whatever - which can replace that button with an all-in-one Hive download feature using HIVE/HBD from that person's wallet... it could be Hive's answer to get musicians/music fans supporting artists here.