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That's a bit disappointing. As a user I just want Bandcamp to be owned by someone who gets it and leaves it alone. As far as I could tell, Epic barely touched B
by 1123581321 3y ago
That's a bit disappointing. As a user I just want Bandcamp to be owned by someone who gets it and leaves it alone. As far as I could tell, Epic barely touched Bandcamp. I'm unfamiliar with Songtradr but they have more incentive to integrate the core product into their services as they're in the industry and a smaller company (more need to make the acquisition work for them.) I hope it goes well.
- btown 3y agoI'm somewhat hopeful about the synergies here. Giving musicians an easy path to monetize their catalog, as well as market their availability to be commissioned by brands, is a good thing... especially when artists are being dually hammered by Spotify's deci-cents-per-stream industry baseline and live music promoters' anticompetitive behavior. That said, there are ways Songtradr could abuse their new position of trust. I hope they're smart enough not to do that, but I also hope that an archival project for free downloads on long-inactive Bandcamp accounts is underway...
- btown 3y agoSelf-reply: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37696171 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37696171 makes me less hopeful that they're operating in good faith...
- 1123581321 3y agoInteresting. I didn’t know about the union aspect and regardless, not retaining staff is a great way to stop understanding what’s important to preserve.