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Re:Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download... by dddavid on Friday November 24, 2023 @08:35PM (#38410288)
Not really - there are a few, but there's no guarantee that they won't be bought out and enshitificaton will ensue
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Re:Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download... by F-Lexx on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:01PM (#38410462)
Oh, if it isn't the joys of the capitalist cycle... Let the enshitification begin.
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Re:Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download... by pparanoidd on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:05PM (#38410479)
nothing to do with capitalism. people just don't want to directly pay for music
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Re:Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download... by spencerflem on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:36PM (#38410645)
this one absolutely is though - people were happy using bandcamp to directly pay for music but the owners got greedy and sold the site
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Re:Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download... by cageface on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:46PM (#38410695)
A significant minority do. Bandcamp cleared $20 million in profit in 2022:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90951664/bandcamp-spotify-vinyl-...

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Re:Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download... by crtasm on Friday November 24, 2023 @10:27PM (#38410922)
and "Fans have paid artists $1.21 billion using Bandcamp, and $193 million in the last year." from bandcamp homepage.
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Re:Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download... by F-Lexx on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:11PM (#38410510)
Interesting thought. What is this based on? I mean, why would people just not want to directly pay for the music that they enjoy?
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Re:Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download... by ghaff on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:22PM (#38410577)
Are you serious? A ton of people will just take anything for free that isn’t nailed down.
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Re:Bandcamp support is faltering – maybe you should download... by F-Lexx on Friday November 24, 2023 @09:45PM (#38410692)
Yeah, I'm serious. Lots of people were happy throwing money directly at the people who were making the music they enjoyed, either through live jigs or Bandcamp.
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