Bandcamp hasn’t changed at all since the Epic acquisition. Yet, at least. This is from an artist’s perspective, too, as I use Bandcamp as essentially my website and main place to push people to if they want to purchase my music rather than stream.
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jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 months ago
I don’t use Spotify anymore. But I also don’t listen to “tons of different music”. I have about 200 albums on Bandcamp and I pick up something new every couple weeks. I’m paying money, sometimes as much as a subscription, but I get to keep the music. It supports the artists. Sometimes they even send you a personal message.
Bandcamp got bought by epic and that sucks, but they’re still the best music service I know.
oryx@lemmy.world 10 months ago
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 10 months ago
Yeah I was real nervous when it first happened, but nothing has gone sour yet. I have held off some purchases until Bandcamp Friday though as a result.
oryx@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Same, though I typically try to only purchase on Bandcamp Friday anyway just to further support artists. I mainly use Spotify and just make Bandcamp purchases for stuff that Spotify doesn’t have, which is typically small bands, so it’s worth it to wait.
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 10 months ago
And Spotify didn’t advertise at paying users for almost a decade until, well, today.
Not that I’m a fan of the ridiculous “I tOlD yOu sO” posturing in this thread, given that it’s been almost a decade of initially groundbreaking and later reasonably high quality service.
One thing those commenters are right about though is: these companies will pursue profit to the bitter end and ads are a virtual inevitability for any major media platform.
can@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
That’s good to hear. I was pretty concerned.
EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 10 months ago
I listened to 9,852 different tracks in 2022 from 3,247 different artists across 6,720 different albums.
It’s just not feasible for me to buy them all.
ToyDork@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
I listen to ~1500 different tracks from the 19th Century all the way up to the present. I loved iTunes but the “share with friends over the internet” capability has become indispensable recently.
If Spotify keeps going downhill (and let’s face it, it probably will) then I hope someone creates a decentralized playlist-sharing service so that I can put stuff up. Not even necessarily a piracy service, it would be nice to just have links to buy a friend’s playlist’s content on such a service.
Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Convenience is the only reason I have it. I’ve also got a local DNS server with ads blocked, so that helps. Otherwise I’d be pirating again. Have over 80k songs from back in the day, just need the newer stuff.