lydia aka DYKE TYSON

surely shoving one of the platforms that gives musicians the best terms being shoved under a b2b company that has a large amount of leverage over the industry and no prior interest in selling music to people will be fine, right? there's no way they decide to do anything harmful to either bandcamp, musicians, or listeners with this deal

#this fucking sucks man #bandcamp #music #bullshit

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Robot Face @robotface9/28/2023, 4:19 PM

I guess if it goes to shit there's always fucking. itch.io??? Not a bad platform but not really focused on music

easrng @easrng9/29/2023, 3:11 AM

you can use blamscamp to sell music on itch.io :)

Robot Face @robotface9/29/2023, 3:22 AM

Yeah, but 1. There ought to be a native audio player and 2. People on itch are primarily there for videogames, maybe with a large secondary demographic for ttrpgs. Music, comics, and books are all technically supported, with their own categories, but it's just not a primary focus either of the website staff or the userbase, regardless of what 3rd party tools exist.

Sisyfos Tango @sisyfostango9/28/2023, 4:41 PM

there is just no winning EVER

mint @mintexists9/28/2023, 6:50 PM

fuck!

fran @fraaan9/28/2023, 7:24 PM

no fuck shit no no no

cassie @porglezomp9/28/2023, 8:40 PM

Their stated goal is to keep running bandcamp as-is and also have a big audience of musicians that they can offer music licensing deals to. Which on its own… basically makes sense?

My bigger concern on this front is just that they’re VC funded, which means they’re trouble no matter what their own intentions are.