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It's true that the lack of catalog in Bandcamp is a huge negative compared to Spotify, but that's a bit of a chicken and egg problem as well. Artists go where m
by capableweb 4y ago
It's true that the lack of catalog in Bandcamp is a huge negative compared to Spotify, but that's a bit of a chicken and egg problem as well. Artists go where music consumers go, and music consumers go where artists go. Spotify got around this problem in the beginning by basically streaming pirated material, while Bandcamp would never go that way.
Other than that (breadth of catalog), Bandcamp can do most things Spotify does, while making things more sustainable for the artists. I generally download FLACs directly from Bandcamp, but sometimes I use the streaming app on iOS if I buy something like on mobile network. Works as well as Spotify.
- elric 4y ago> It's true that the lack of catalog in Bandcamp is a huge negative compared to Spotify That depends on what you're looking for in music. If you're a passive listener who just wants to listen to something familiar, sure, Spotify's probably got you covered. But if you're a music enthusiast who's looking for new things, Spotify is severely lacking. Many things simply aren't on Spotify (yet), and even if they are, Spotify seems to make it hard to find new things.