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.

CNBC
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 threadJoe OrtizOct 11, 2023

"Employees were not included in Epic's sale of #Bandcamp. Songtradr purchased the platform's business and operations but not its staff"

Only a matter of time before the #enshittification button is inevitably pushed. https://www.wired.com/story/epic-games-sale-bandcamp-music-platform-limbo/
https://web.archive.org/web/20231011071725/https://www.wired.com/story/epic-games-sale-bandcamp-music-platform-limbo/
https://archive.li/O7TSd

Epic Games’ Sale of Bandcamp Has Left the Artist-Friendly Music Platform in Limbo

Bandcamp workers say they are unable to do their jobs after being locked out of critical systems. They’re also expecting layoffs.

WIRED
Show threadJoe OrtizOct 16, 2023

Welp, almost 50% of #Bandcamp staffers were laid off today. The #enshittification button push was inevitable as I said. https://nitter.unixfox.eu/modernistwitch/status/1713962311579234428

Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37905638

More reactions:
https://social.lol/@stefan/111245993557957559
https://spaceballs.masto.host/@nedraggett/111245861885056429
https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/16/23919551/bandcamp-layoffs-epic-songtradr

It surely didn't take too long for #EpicGames and #Songtradr to say "Fuck the Bandcamp workers for our bottom lines!"

I'm sure @bandcampunited has tons to say about this in due time.

Support them!!

Show threadJesseOct 18, 2023
@joeo10 @bandcampunited Good lord, I know it's HN, but the private equity bronalysis in that HN thread 💀​
Show threadJoe Ortiz
@jaawerth I know, but it's still a influential website and there are folks there that are just as frustrated and pissed as we are.
Oct 18, 2023 at 3:23pmWeb
Show threadJesseOct 18, 2023
@joeo10 fwiw, wasn't trying to drag you for linking it or anything, just expressing my horror after seeing way more armchair venture capitalist takes in there than I'd braced myself for ;-)
Show threadJoe OrtizOct 18, 2023
@jaawerth No worries, I encounter some myself for the record.