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Have continued using it as an artist and listener, and there's no way I'd have known anything changed from the site. They updated the terms of use, but only as
by mlochbaum 3y ago
Have continued using it as an artist and listener, and there's no way I'd have known anything changed from the site. They updated the terms of use, but only as necessary to reflect the change in ownership. And they are still doing Bandcamp Fridays, where the company gives up its cut on the first Friday each month, even though there was no promise or other indication they'd continue before the sale. I've seen rumors that support is getting worse, but only from reporters and not users, and it's a pretty easy site to use so I wouldn't think poor support is that much of a problem.
I'd rather Bandcamp be independent and am still upset they sold out, but I like Songtradr much better than Epic as an owner. Their main business is facilitating B2B sales, which I think of as the same category as what Bandcamp does. They don't own music (except incidentally, from acquisitions) and don't have ties to RIAA and major labels like Spotify does.
Main source for Songtradr info, although I've also done some outside reading: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37699552 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37699552