fwiw, currently moving my music to subvert.fm.
In the past, Bandcamp has been the first place I pointed people. But have slowly felt more and more uncomfortable with it ever since the initial Epic acquisition.
They've lasted longer than I thought they would, especially after they were destabilised so badly by the initial (likely deliberately vindictive) layoffs back in 2023.
It's such a pity - Bandcamp was hugely important in the 2010s, and ought to have been able to continue building on that success. They remained profitable until well after the acquisition, but Epic and Songtradr decided to destroy it for very little gain.
> In the past, Bandcamp has been the first place I pointed people.
I've stopped enthusiastically recommending services to people because i've seen too many service turn into shit, and then i felt awful for getting friends and family into issues with enshittified services.
That link is broken, but this link from the same user seems relevant:
https://bsky.app/profile/grmnygrmny.bsky.social/post/3mpgvo7...
fwiw, currently moving my music to subvert.fm. In the past, Bandcamp has been the first place I pointed people. But have slowly felt more and more uncomfortable with it ever since the initial Epic acquisition.
They've lasted longer than I thought they would, especially after they were destabilised so badly by the initial (likely deliberately vindictive) layoffs back in 2023.
It's such a pity - Bandcamp was hugely important in the 2010s, and ought to have been able to continue building on that success. They remained profitable until well after the acquisition, but Epic and Songtradr decided to destroy it for very little gain.
> In the past, Bandcamp has been the first place I pointed people.
I've stopped enthusiastically recommending services to people because i've seen too many service turn into shit, and then i felt awful for getting friends and family into issues with enshittified services.
Customer and/or musician rug pull in 3...2...