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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 ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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- oryx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.
  
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killeronthecorner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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can@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
That’s good to hear. I was pretty concerned.

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