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minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoWere owned by Epic then sold to Songtradr last month
minus-squareandrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·11 months agoThanks. Did you hear how it affects users like us?
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoAs far as we know it’s business as usual but I would make sure to have a copy of everything I’ve bought if I were you, when a business gets passed around like that (and sold at a loss) it doesn’t bode well…
minus-squareandrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYeah, right. Thanks to BC it’s so easy.
minus-squaretankplanker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoThey got rid of a whole bunch of staff, so the service is effectively on life support. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-10-16/bandcamp-layoffs-songtradr-epic-games#:~:text=Bandcamp.&text=Indie music hub Bandcamp has,video game publisher Epic Games.
minus-squareandrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoShit. Thanks you too for these news.
minus-squarehyperhopper@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThey are removing lots of the nice things they did like days when an the revenue goes to artists
Were owned by Epic then sold to Songtradr last month
Thanks. Did you hear how it affects users like us?
As far as we know it’s business as usual but I would make sure to have a copy of everything I’ve bought if I were you, when a business gets passed around like that (and sold at a loss) it doesn’t bode well…
Yeah, right. Thanks to BC it’s so easy.
They got rid of a whole bunch of staff, so the service is effectively on life support.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-10-16/bandcamp-layoffs-songtradr-epic-games#:~:text=Bandcamp.&text=Indie music hub Bandcamp has,video game publisher Epic Games.
Shit. Thanks you too for these news.
They are removing lots of the nice things they did like days when an the revenue goes to artists