I think I have perhaps found an economic opportunity for microtransactions that demands the control be decentralized:

https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/limits#comment-2086111174
http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/24/why-soundcloud-will-be-worth-more-than-spotify/
https://on.soundcloud.com/premier

This is an example of research that can possibly drive a marketing strategy.

This looks to be the precise sort opportunity I was looking for, but now I need to do a lot of deep research and analysis.