jen-and-aster
@jen-and-aster

This might be one of the scummiest things we’ve ever seen EA do. Not only are they refusing to give their recently laid off employees full severance, they’ve also implied that “Oh, if you force us to pay you, this might endanger the next Dragon Age game!” This is coming from a company that is doing 23% better this year than it did last year.

So yeah. Absolute dirtbags.



frieze
@frieze

holy fuck this just looks so awful. In addition to this, they completely changed how the "notifications" tab works for creators and now it is basically useless, nice.

THEY KILLED THE FOX ICONS

before a fox
after a featureless blob

Their new logo literally just looks like shit I think it's supposed to be the letter P How the hell are you supposed to use this icon anywhere without someone just thinking its a smudge on their screen, it's literally dripping



fluffy
@fluffy

So, hey, Bandcamp is a great service that a lot of musicians and fans rely upon for fair distribution and sales of music. It is a really great thing.

Unfortunately, Bandcamp's owners decided that having a sustainably profitable business wasn't Enough for them and sold it to Epic Games a year ago, with the idea that it'd become a money-printing factory that does All The Licensing.

And that didn't pan out, so a week ago Epic re-sold Bandcamp to Songtradr, which is basically an A&R pay-for-play scam with the trappings of respectability. Here's a video Benn Jordan did on the topic (focusing on a site called Taxi but Songtradr is the same basic thing):

Now Songtradr is blocking the Bandcamp union from actually being, y'know, a union. They aren't honoring the union terms, have locked workers out of critical systems, are completely ignoring the collective bargaining power of Bandcamp as a company and are doing all sorts of heinous shit.

However! This is not a time to boycott Bandcamp! All that does is make Bandcamp less valuable and gives Songtradr more sway over them, while disproportionately impacting the musicians who rely on it. Please look to see what the union is requesting in terms of support and solidarity. There's a lot you can do to show your support.

Independent musicians thank you.


dog
@dog

I can't stress this enough: if there's a union involved, don't boycott if they haven't asked you to. The union is leading the response here, and the best thing you can do is support the union in what they're asking for. If and when they ask for a boycott, act in support, but please don't launch your own boycott independent of them.



ChipCheezum
@ChipCheezum

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