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minus-squareandrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoThanks. Did you hear how it affects users like us?
minus-squareKecessa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 year 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-up2·1 year agoYeah, right. Thanks to BC it’s so easy.
minus-squaretankplanker@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoShit. Thanks you too for these news.
minus-squarehyperhopper@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThey are removing lots of the nice things they did like days when an the revenue goes to artists
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