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Bandcamp Just Trying To ‘Keep The Lights On’ Following Epic Sale, Layoffs (mastodon.social)

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Bandcamp Just Trying To ‘Keep The Lights On’ Following Epic Sale, Layoffs
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[-] Caligvla@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 10 months ago

Thanks Epic... Tim Sweeney has a way of ruining literally everything he touches.

[-] mammut@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

What companies have they ruined? I know they've bought up a lot of stuff, but I'm struggling to think of anything just got outright ruined after the purchase. Most of the stuff I can think of has been fine since they bought it.

Which companies are you thinking of?

[-] Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 13 points 10 months ago

Fall guys for example

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 10 months ago

Rocket league

[-] sheogorath@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

Still pisses me off about Rocket League. It has the potential to be a big eSports game but even when Psyonix is still independent they still fumble the eSports management.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

What companies have they ruined?

The aforementioned Epic.

[-] ono@lemmy.ca 31 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I wonder if there's a way that Bandcamp could split from Songtradr, and reform as an employee-owned cooperative. I haven't touched their services since Epic bought them, but would return in a heartbeat if they were independent once again.

[-] Aielman15@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

A shame. I really like BandCamp and I've bought tons of albums from it. If it dies, I'm not sure what the alternative is supposed to be. I despise subscription services, I don't want to use Spotify or the likes.

[-] coughrelief@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Soulseek and donating to the artists you wanna support or buying merch

[-] Poopfeast420@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

Same, I really hope they can survive.

[-] scytale@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago

Fyi, there's now a fedi alternative called Faircamp.

Radiofreefedi hosts an instance that is open to all. I'm planning to sign up with them soon.

[-] ono@lemmy.ca 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Fyi, there’s now a fedi alternative called Faircamp.

I wish people would stop saying that. It might be useful for certain things, but it's not an alternative to Bandcamp. Unless something has changed very recently, it has no means of selling music at all.

[-] HKayn@dormi.zone 1 points 10 months ago

What makes it "fedi"?

[-] hybridhavoc@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Nothing actually. Faircamp is not actually inherently related to the fediverse.

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 9 points 10 months ago

That is sad news. Amazing that they had nearly 70 staff though. That's huge. Imagine the cost of wages alone. I wonder what they turnover income wise and if they cover those wages?