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I don't believe most people care about a lot of the artists they listen to enough to seek them out and send money this way. Not that I believe it's good or bad

by hhh 3y ago

I don't believe most people care about a lot of the artists they listen to enough to seek them out and send money this way. Not that I believe it's good or bad either way, it's just cumbersome. People want easy solutions. A few of my long distance friends are artists, and it makes them happy to see that I have bought their new cassette or vinyl on Bandcamp above the regular price, and send nice notes with it. I can do this for more people more easily thru Bandcamp than figuring it all out myself.

rglullis 3y ago
> most people (don't) care about a lot of the artists they listen Fair enough. Then don't pay anything? > it makes them happy to see that I have bought their new cassette or vinyl On the other hand, I do not want to buy merch, I don't care about physical media and I flat out refuse to buy something with DRM and/or through exploitative middlemen.