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While that would be worse, being acquired doesn't have to be the only choice. The main reason everyone liked Bandcamp is its independence. That independence tr

While that would be worse, being acquired doesn't have to be the only choice. The main reason everyone liked Bandcamp is its independence. That independence translated into an excellent marketplace which was great for users and artists. The preference is that Bandcamp continues to be Bandcamp, not part of an umbrella. Hope that explains it a bit. I'm quite sad and pessimistic about this. We'll see how well our reactions fare in about 2-3 years.

HellDunkel 5y ago
Give them a chance- epic doesnt have a reputation of blowing their aquisitions. It could be far worse!
- p_j_w 5y ago
  >epic doesnt have a reputation of blowing their aquisitions. They ditched the Linux version of Rocket League. That counts as a blown acquisition to me.
  - posterboy 5y ago
    presumably it has a fall back in wine. Not supporting linux as a gaming platform is a down to earth decision. It's reasonable, whether necessary or not. As a linux user, I see a difference between the expectation of Linux plus driver vendors to support games and a game vendor to support linux, when it is often depending on a busfactor of 1.
    - p_j_w 5y ago
      >Not supporting linux as a gaming platform is a down to earth decision. Why should I care? It was supported before Epic bought them and Epic decided to axe it. My experience with Psyonix post-Epic is far worse than pre-Epic, which is exactly what the thread is about.
      - posterboy 5y ago
        As long as you don't care to point out if and how wine support is far worse, why should anyone care what you care? There's a difference in semantics whether they violently "axe it" or carefully decide "Not supporting linux" any longer. If you do not care about the difference then because you do not understand the decision any better than I do. Arguably, the decision for selling-out will have a similar motivation as the one against linux, so I find your before/after distinction a possibly misleading false dichotomy. There is no indication that the motivation is the same for bandcamp. Pretty much everyone in this thread is agreeing that they see bad omens, sure. I just don't agree that Epic is to blame for that.

HellDunkel 5y ago

Give them a chance- epic doesnt have a reputation of blowing their aquisitions. It could be far worse!

p_j_w 5y ago
>epic doesnt have a reputation of blowing their aquisitions. They ditched the Linux version of Rocket League. That counts as a blown acquisition to me.
- posterboy 5y ago
  presumably it has a fall back in wine. Not supporting linux as a gaming platform is a down to earth decision. It's reasonable, whether necessary or not. As a linux user, I see a difference between the expectation of Linux plus driver vendors to support games and a game vendor to support linux, when it is often depending on a busfactor of 1.
  - p_j_w 5y ago
    >Not supporting linux as a gaming platform is a down to earth decision. Why should I care? It was supported before Epic bought them and Epic decided to axe it. My experience with Psyonix post-Epic is far worse than pre-Epic, which is exactly what the thread is about.
    - posterboy 5y ago
      As long as you don't care to point out if and how wine support is far worse, why should anyone care what you care? There's a difference in semantics whether they violently "axe it" or carefully decide "Not supporting linux" any longer. If you do not care about the difference then because you do not understand the decision any better than I do. Arguably, the decision for selling-out will have a similar motivation as the one against linux, so I find your before/after distinction a possibly misleading false dichotomy. There is no indication that the motivation is the same for bandcamp. Pretty much everyone in this thread is agreeing that they see bad omens, sure. I just don't agree that Epic is to blame for that.