About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
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Re: About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
#2Bandcamp voted to unionize in March, although they are still fighting for recognition, as Epic has refused to recognize it so far (last I checked). I wonder who involved in that was affected by the layoffs.
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#3And the small hope I have that BandCamp would remain a good thing after SongTradr acquired them grows even smaller.
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#4Bandcamp is where I go to buy DRM-free FLAC music. I hope they won't shut it down.
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#5I’m not sure how I feel about this as regards the product. As a user, I’m happy for it to just be maintained. It doesn’t need new features, it doesn’t need editorial stuff, it just needs to continue functioning as it has done for a long time. As long as there are enough staff to fix bugs and keep it running…that seems like a good thing. Better than the risk of people changing it for little reason.
Re: About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
#6Bandcamp voted to unionize in March, although they are still fighting for recognition, as Epic has refused to recognize it so far (last I checked). I wonder who involved in that was affected by the layoffs.
As hinted at in another comment Bandcamp was sold by Epic to Songtradr AFAIK.
Re: About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
#7Bandcamp voted to unionize in March, although they are still fighting for recognition, as Epic has refused to recognize it so far (last I checked). I wonder who involved in that was affected by the layoffs.
I too wonder how this will affect the platform. I've always been a fan of how Bandcamp was operated in the past (access to high quality lossless audio, directly support the artist, nice app, etc).
This was interesting:
> Bandcamp United is looking forward to bargaining with Songtradr in the near future regarding wages, working conditions, and benefits. It’s our hope that Songtradr honors our existing progress (including Union Security and and preserving our artist first mission in our Collective Bargaining Agreement) that we’ve already made at the bargaining table.
https://pitchfork.com/news/epic-games-sells-bandcamp-amid-la...
Re: About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
#8Bandcamp voted to unionize in March, although they are still fighting for recognition, as Epic has refused to recognize it so far (last I checked). I wonder who involved in that was affected by the layoffs.
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#9It was not spectacular for a while according to musicians who sell there, and decision to sell out was just icing. Will there be a good faith player in this niche for once?
Re: About half of Bandcamp employees have been laid off
#10I’m not sure how I feel about this as regards the product. As a user, I’m happy for it to just be maintained. It doesn’t need new features, it doesn’t need editorial stuff, it just needs to continue functioning as it has done for a long time. As long as there are enough staff to fix bugs and keep it running…that seems like a good thing. Better than the risk of people changing it for little reason.
It's worth noting Bandcamp was sold to Songtradr last month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37695035
This doesn't seem like a good thing to me, as a user.