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I'm talking about what you get without having to sign in. Even with free albums, IIRC you can't fully preview the song without "buying" it, which means signing
by derefr 3y ago
I'm talking about what you get without having to sign in. Even with free albums, IIRC you can't fully preview the song without "buying" it, which means signing in first. The signed-in experience is mostly akin to the signed-in experience of the iTunes Store. It's what you get when not signed in that's unique.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoThat's incorrect. Bandcamp does not require sign-in for full preview, and you do not need to buy it either. There are decisions that can be made by some artists, although I don't recall being offered "full preview requires signin" when I put my own album on BC.
- jjulius 3y ago>Even with free albums, IIRC you can't fully preview the song without "buying" it, which means signing in first. Actually, you can! Fun fact, unless an artist/label has explicitly limited what you can listen to without having made a purchase, you can listen to most of the music on Bandcamp in full, without buying it, an unlimited number of times if you're not logged in. The way it works is that, if you're logged in, you get a set (~3?) number of listens before Bandcamp basically says, "Yo, you seem to dig this, you should prolly be a mensch and throw some dough to the artist(s)/label." If you're logged out, I'm not sure what the limit is (if there even is one?), but it's likely easily circumvented by clearing cache/cookies.