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Most of the revenue that flows through Bandcamp goes to various of the (roughly) 300k artists with a page there. Who do you think you're going to bankrupt, and
by PaulDavisThe1st 3y ago
Most of the revenue that flows through Bandcamp goes to various of the (roughly) 300k artists with a page there.
Who do you think you're going to bankrupt, and how?
- toomuchtodo 3y agoCompanies die through dynamism all the time in a healthy economy. Why would one dying because of its poor relationship with workers be any worse? The org dies, the workers move on and attempt to unionize elsewhere. The time to protect Bandcamp was before they sold and became beholden to a new owner. There are 9 million open jobs in the US currently, as a data point (latest jobs and JOLTS report).
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoThe story at Bandcamp involves: 1. the employees (and ex-employees) of the company 2. the artists who put their work on the platform There is currently no seriously viable alternative for the #2 group that offers anything remotely equivalent.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoIt’s unfortunate. An opportunity for a new org if Bandcamp dies. Looks like a bunch of folks are available for such an enterprise.
- PaulDavisThe1st 3y agoIt's not really about the technology - that could likely be assembled in very short order. Platforms like this are intimately tied up in network effects, as well as platform inertia.
- g-b-r 3y agoThere absolutely needs to be another company that take its place