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Everyone here is really gloom and doom about this news but as much as I love Bandcamp, they have made some decisions that really made me not want to use the pla

Everyone here is really gloom and doom about this news but as much as I love Bandcamp, they have made some decisions that really made me not want to use the platform. For example, if an artist releases a free song as part of an album, it is not possible to add that song to your library without purchasing the whole album. This makes no sense when I only like and want to purchase say 2 or 3 songs off the album. This alone made me uninstall the Bandcamp app and just go back to Spotify.

stjohnswarts 5y ago
I don't think Bandcamp's policies were ever going to work for everyone, but I appreciate them, and am a pretty active customer and user. I may have to reconsider that now if Epic starts "improving" the service.
H1Supreme 5y ago
That's not Bandcamp's fault. Whoever listed the album configured it that way. There are settings for artists (or labels or whoever) to allow people to purchase single songs, or require that they buy the entire album. I've bought plenty of single tracks from albums. A few of them as recently as this past weekend.
- QuikAccount 5y ago
  Either I didn't explain it correctly or you didn't read what I said entirely. If an album has a free song or single, you cannot add the free song to your library unless you purchase the whole album. Even if you are allowed to purchase individual songs on the album.
  - moogly 5y ago
    It could be argued that the artist could've released that free song as a single/its own "album". It's not uncommon to see that.
    - joveian 5y ago
      In general they don't add free stuff to your library, they just let you download it. I can't recall any free album that could be added to my library (I don't personally mind, I just download stuff anyway). There used to be a $.50 minimum to add something to your library but I think they might have dropped or reduced that at some point (you do need to pay something, though).
    - QuikAccount 5y ago
      That would be a completely different situation than what I described.

stjohnswarts 5y ago

I don't think Bandcamp's policies were ever going to work for everyone, but I appreciate them, and am a pretty active customer and user. I may have to reconsider that now if Epic starts "improving" the service.

H1Supreme 5y ago

That's not Bandcamp's fault. Whoever listed the album configured it that way. There are settings for artists (or labels or whoever) to allow people to purchase single songs, or require that they buy the entire album. I've bought plenty of single tracks from albums. A few of them as recently as this past weekend.

QuikAccount 5y ago
Either I didn't explain it correctly or you didn't read what I said entirely. If an album has a free song or single, you cannot add the free song to your library unless you purchase the whole album. Even if you are allowed to purchase individual songs on the album.
- moogly 5y ago
  It could be argued that the artist could've released that free song as a single/its own "album". It's not uncommon to see that.
  - joveian 5y ago
    In general they don't add free stuff to your library, they just let you download it. I can't recall any free album that could be added to my library (I don't personally mind, I just download stuff anyway). There used to be a $.50 minimum to add something to your library but I think they might have dropped or reduced that at some point (you do need to pay something, though).
  - QuikAccount 5y ago
    That would be a completely different situation than what I described.