I'm not fully convinced that Epic believes in locally stored music. Yes, Bandcamp is one of the last bastions of that, but Bandcamp is so laissez-faire I just c

I'm not fully convinced that Epic believes in locally stored music. Yes, Bandcamp is one of the last bastions of that, but Bandcamp is so laissez-faire I just can't see a megacorp like Epic tolerating DRM-free music sales (or even free hosting of free music, as I've used Bandcamp for) forever. Historically big business is antagonistic towards the DRM-free movement. TBF, Epic hasn't really done anything to antagonize the DRM-free movement (and open-sourcing UE4 was a huge PR win for them), but neither have I seen them really go out of their way to support it the way, say, CD Projekt did with GOG, a store that at least at one time (and maybe still) exclusively sold DRM-free games. I'm more inclined to read the Bandcamp acquisition as Epic's hipper eventual answer to iTunes, given their spat with Apple doesn't seem fully over. But I guess we'll see. I will admit I'm taking the news of the acquisition with more cynicism than is strictly warranted based on the observable facts.