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   Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 29-Sep-2023 07:08:07 JST Joe Ortiz

   If you're using #Bandcamp, I would strongly advise getting two external hard drives depending on your size and download your purchased #music ASAP since the new owners are a marketing B2B company and I know where this is eventually going. https://www.cnbc.com/2023/09/28/epic-games-is-eliminating-16percent-of-its-workforce-and-selling-bandcamp.html

   I would not be surprised if Songtradr is going to push the #enshittification button on it. https://www.songtradr.com/blog/posts/songtradr-bandcamp-acquisition/

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 05:51:59 JST Joe Ortiz

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     "Employees were not included in Epic's sale of #Bandcamp. Songtradr purchased the platform's business and operations but not its staff"

     Only a matter of time before the #enshittification button is inevitably pushed. https://www.wired.com/story/epic-games-sale-bandcamp-music-platform-limbo/
     https://web.archive.org/web/20231011071725/https://www.wired.com/story/epic-games-sale-bandcamp-music-platform-limbo/
     https://archive.li/O7TSd

     AnthonyJK-Admin repeated this.
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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 05:52:00 JST Joe Ortiz

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     Here's a nice thread on the saga. https://mastodon.social/@mcc/111143889606615360

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 05:52:00 JST Joe Ortiz

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     What we really need in the long run is a creator-owned preferably decentralized music platform alternative and I hope there's people out there in the world that is willing to create one.

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 05:52:35 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • Bandcamp United

     Welp, almost 50% of #Bandcamp staffers were laid off today. The #enshittification button push was inevitable as I said. https://nitter.unixfox.eu/modernistwitch/status/1713962311579234428

     Hacker News discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37903172

     More reactions:
     https://social.lol/@stefan/111245993557957559
     https://spaceballs.masto.host/@nedraggett/111245861885056429
     https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/epic-games-cuts-almost-half-of-bandcamp-pre-songtradr-sale

     It surely didn't take too long for #EpicGames and #Songtradr to say "Fuck the Bandcamp workers for our bottom lines!"

     I'm sure @bandcampunited has tons to say about this in due time.

     Support them!!

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 05:52:35 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Bandcamp United

     @joeo10 @bandcampunited Fuck. I don't know what else to say right now.

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     GNU Too (gnu2@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 05:54:39 JST GNU Too

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     @joeo10 you mean, like #Funkwhale?
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     AnthonyJK-Admin (anthonyjk@mastodon.redgarterclub.com)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2023 08:50:03 JST AnthonyJK-Admin

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     • Bandcamp United

     @joeo10 @bandcampunited

     It goes without saying: Anything that can be useful for regular folks will eventually be bought out, privatized, and deunionized for private profit.

     #CapitalismIsEnshittificstionMonetized
     #Bandcamp #Enshittification

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:19:26 JST Joe Ortiz

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     EDIT: I added a news link to the thread above to further describe the layoffs and the #enshittification of #Bandcamp

     It's a sad sight.

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     Generic Sadboy 1916 (chriscoreline@todon.nl)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:21:40 JST Generic Sadboy 1916

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     • Bandcamp United

     @joeo10 @bandcampunited

     fingers crossed this re-doubles focus on things like resonate as a viable alternative.

     Developers who spend all their time complaining need to get off their ass and do some praxis-coding

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:23:24 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • Jesse

     @jaawerth I know, but it's still a influential website and there are folks there that are just as frustrated and pissed as we are.

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     Jesse (jaawerth@functional.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:23:25 JST Jesse

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     • Bandcamp United

     @joeo10 @bandcampunited Good lord, I know it's HN, but the private equity bronalysis in that HN thread 💀

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:25:27 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • Nicd (EN)

     @nicd @bandcampunited And now, it seems to me unless something else comes up, musicians and users alike are likely be at the mercy of Apple and Spotify.

     A sad sight. :(

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     Nicd (EN) (nicd@social.ahlcode.fi)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:25:35 JST Nicd (EN)

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     • Bandcamp United

     @joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org @bandcampunited@union.place Wow, this is sad. :( I loved Bandcamp, it was my main source of purchasing music if an artist was on there.

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:26:44 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • Tim N7KOM

     @tsherrygeo @bandcampunited It's a good idea to download your purchased music ASAP before it's too late as I mentioned at the start of this thread.

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     Tim N7KOM (tsherrygeo@mastodon.radio)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:26:45 JST Tim N7KOM

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     • Bandcamp United

     @joeo10 @bandcampunited damn, Bandcamp has been my favorite place to purchase music for years.

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:28:25 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • David O'Brien

     @iamdavidobrien Yeah they were and it's sad that soon, I might have to refer to them in the past tense more often. :(

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     David O'Brien (iamdavidobrien@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:28:26 JST David O'Brien

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     That is so distressing to hear.

     Bandcamp paid artists fairly and was a good platform for so long.

     @joeo10

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:47:46 JST Joe Ortiz

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     • Jesse

     @jaawerth No worries, I encounter some myself for the record.

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     Jesse (jaawerth@functional.cafe)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 00:47:47 JST Jesse

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     @joeo10 fwiw, wasn't trying to drag you for linking it or anything, just expressing my horror after seeing way more armchair venture capitalist takes in there than I'd braced myself for ;-)

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     Joe Ortiz (joeo10@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 20-Oct-2023 03:22:37 JST Joe Ortiz

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     "Bandcamp’s entire union bargaining team, the eight union members democratically elected by their peers to negotiate their first union contract, were laid off when #EpicGames sold #Bandcamp to music licensing company #Songtradr on Monday." https://www.404media.co/bandcamps-entire-union-bargaining-team-was-laid-off/

     That is #enshittification at it's finest folks.

     Like I said at the top of this very thread, I would strongly advise getting two external hard drives depending on your size and download your purchased #music ASAP before it's too late.