toffo / sbd

ok, people. thats an interesting question which kinda kills me

what are we going to use after bandcamp goes into full shit mode?
it was sold multiple times, half (or more) of its og staff are not there anymore. they are forcing musicians to switch to stripe, which is shit.

i'm legit confused about the future of me being able to release stuff on my own

Feb 25 at 7:06pmWeb
Show threadt s r o n oFeb 25

@toffo counterpoint: PayPal is shit. not really used Stripe, heard good & bad. will see in a few months i guess?

there's a number of services like @mirlo who are forging a path, & seem to be doing things well!

i've also heard good of @Ampwall but not looked into it.

some folks were praising Subvert but i think it's mostly a veiled crypto/startup style rugpull. maybe a bit harsh but i don't see any good path for it, looked into it a bit, it's a nope from me.

Show threadtoffo / sbdFeb 25

@tsrono @mirlo @Ampwall
well yep - but the main problem here is that they force me to use a different type of shit which is harder to set up!
amazing.

we need alternatives, anyways. and hopefully there will be one

Show threadt s r o n oFeb 25

@toffo ah, devil you know & all that.

alternatives already exist, & there's others not coming to mind rn, hopefully some other folks are chiming up w/ those. 🙌

@mirlo @Ampwall

Show threadsteebFeb 25
@toffo i’ll wait it out. if bandcamp becomes fully enshitified something else will be the place where people migrate to. i’ll see what that is. worst case scenario i make a website and stick a paypal button on it and figure out how to host releases so i don’t get big data $$$ from downloads. or i just throw it all somewhere for free after downloading my bandcamp email list so i can let people know. haven’t tracked the bandcamp situation though other than switching to stripe which was annoying
Show threadtoffo / sbdFeb 25

@ignatiusmusic well yeah
im thinking of doing the same - but i will look into what tsrono sent aswell

i hate having to use stripe soooooo much

Show threadsteebFeb 26
@toffo not sure i’ve knowingly used stripe. i know it’s a big payment processor and probably is the back end for things i’ve bought. at some point i’ll start looking at options to bandcamp. might try one out and see if it’s any good but as said, will likely just wait it out and see how things go.