Joe OrtizSep 28, 2023

If you're using #Bandcamp, I would strongly advise getting two external hard drives depending on your size and download your purchased #music ASAP since the new owners are a marketing B2B company and I know where this is eventually going. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/28/epic-games-is-eliminating-16percent-of-its-workforce-and-selling-bandcamp.html

I would not be surprised if Songtradr is going to push the #enshittification button on it. https://www.songtradr.com/blog/posts/songtradr-bandcamp-acquisition/

Epic Games is eliminating 16% of its workforce and selling Bandcamp

Epic Games said on Thursday that it's laying off 16% of its workforce and is selling Bandcamp, which it acquired last year.

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Show threadJoe OrtizSep 28, 2023
Here's a nice thread on the saga. https://mastodon.social/@mcc/111143889606615360
Show threadJoe OrtizSep 28, 2023
What we really need in the long run is a creator-owned preferably decentralized music platform alternative and I hope there's people out there in the world that is willing to create one.
Show threadwilliam.maggosSep 28, 2023

@joeo10 @mcc

I'm hoping @funkwhale could be that eventually, but we also need something like a decentralized automatic donation system. how do we organize around making this happen?

cc @ryno

Show threadDan
@wjmaggos @joeo10 @mcc @funkwhale @ryno LBRY could have been well positioned here (though I know blockchains aren't popular in these parts) but the SEC destroyed the company and made the legal status of the system unclear.
Sep 28, 2023 at 11:58pmTusky