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- 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- cross-posted to:
- 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
Meme: Amphibian creature labelled “Spotify” emerging from a body of water, but being pushed back. Captions read: “Stop them! Don’t let a single company rule them all. If you see a Horrid Beast monopolizing, push it back in.”
I buy music from Bandcamp. Drm free. Musicians get a bigger cut. You can write a note to the band when you buy and sometimes they write back. Their recommendations and write-ups feel more human than algorithm. Feels pretty good. Renting music on Spotify sounds like a bad deal for me and my personal habits.
Of course, they sold themselves and probably will enshittify in a couple years.
For older stuff that’s not on Bandcamp… Honestly I don’t feel bad about pirating music that’s 15 years old. Copyright is too long, anyway.
And for new mega pop stuff? Not my jam, but I’d probably still buy it drm free somewhere.
I’m surprised BC hasn’t been ruined by Epic yet. At the time of a deal I was very afraid for them declining fast but I still don’t see any effect on the platform. I guess EG has that much money they don’t need to milk BC for what ammounts to a pocket change for them. They just wanted their presence in that market too.
!remind me in 5 years, lol
dude im like 80% sure epic forgot that bandcamp exists
They sold Bandcamp to some company I’ve never heard of. SongTradr https://www.songtradr.com/blog/posts/songtradr-bandcamp-acquisition
I’d up that to 95% and I feel it’s for our own good,
Epic has sold Bandcamp to music licensing company called Songtradr.
I used to use 7digital for music before the streaming days. Still have a few dozen gigabytes on my disks. DRM free, high Bitrate mp3s.