Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
by ethbr1 on Monday February 19, 2024 @12:41PM
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* Bandcamp, now owned by Songtradr, that promptly fired half its employees.
Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
by kristianbrigman on Monday February 19, 2024 @05:21PM
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As bad as this is...as this thread points out, more of the money needs to go to artists, and supporting fewer employees should let them do this.
Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
by ethbr1 on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @12:44AM
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As long as it remains a viable platform. Hopefully the cuts weren't a "gut because we want to run this down on life support" move.
Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
by cqqxo4zV46cp on Tuesday February 20, 2024 @05:57AM
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Classic Hacker News. “Companies shouldn’t spend money, except if it’s on developers!”
Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
by Workaccount2 on Monday February 19, 2024 @10:43AM
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Ironically part of signing onto a label is providing protection from stuff like this.
Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
by vintermann on Monday February 19, 2024 @02:34PM
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It's maybe what it's supposed to do, but her label didn't.
Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
by freedomben on Monday February 19, 2024 @12:13PM
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Was your classmate already on Bandcamp?
Re:The day I canceled my Spotify subscription
by vintermann on Monday February 19, 2024 @02:36PM
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Yes, through the record company.
But it's not a panacea. An old classmate of mine who's a decently successful Jazz artist now (by Jazz artist standard), had scammers upload her album to Bandcamp without her knowledge. They defrauded a lot of money from her actual fans, probably more than she ever made on Spotify.