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Epic Games acquires Bandcamp

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Re: Epic Games acquires Bandcamp

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Post by conradfr »

I don't get it and I don't see this being positive for me as a customer of Bandcamp, which is the only place I buy music online from.

Now if they can finally make the Android app a decent music player I'll revise my judgment :)

Re: Epic Games acquires Bandcamp

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Post by immibis »

rorymalcolm wrote: post #11
acabal wrote: post #5

That's a pity. Bandcamp is my go-to for getting DRM-free FLAC files straight from the artists. The site was a little crusty but they were a huge benefit as a tech-friendly independent music community.

They aren't shutting down? Bandcamp's model is so directly connected to DRM free lossless downloads it'd be an incredibly bold decision to remove it.

Similar things have happened before

Re: Epic Games acquires Bandcamp

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Post by prepend »

hemloc_io wrote: post #10

Here's a thought. Maybe Epic's strategy is to fight Apple/Steam (Marketplace monopolies more generally)? They're already fighting Apple/Steam w/ gaming, maybe they're looking to have a music store already. I think undercutting fees charged by either could be a big win in their eyes.

I use all three and Epic is by far the worse software. Their platform requires root access on machines. It starts up when I don’t want it. It acts like malware. It also pegs my cpu at 100% at unpredictable times and download lots of data.

It’s good that someone is fighting Apple and Steam, but I wish some better company would enter the fight. As it is now, I’d be sad if Epic won.

Re: Epic Games acquires Bandcamp

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Post by nerdponx »

dazzawazza wrote: post #23
mkr-hn wrote: post #6

Too bad. It was one of the few good independent websites left. As always, the CEO said they'll remain independent and blah blah blah in the email, but we know how that goes. Good tip for people on the music side, and something to suggest to them: 1. Set up but do not publish your Bandcamp Subscriptions 2. Add all your music to it 3. Now it's all downloadable in your own user-side Bandcamp library. Check the format: F…

I look forward to not being able to download my purchases :(

Not to mention the inevitable "we have updated our privacy policy" and the proliferation of tracking and fingerprinting on the increasingly slow-and-bloated site.

Maybe at least they'll add some kind of "Now Playing" feature in Fortnite, that would probably be fun for some people.

Re: Epic Games acquires Bandcamp

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Post by 2OEH8eoCRo0 »

siver_john wrote: post #22

This feels like a major blow, as someone who just semi recently (probably around pandemic start) started getting into purchasing flac music from indie artists, Bandcamp was a great source of music. I understand nothing will change in the short term, but long term I am very concerned. Especially as streaming becomes more dominant and companies are less willing to provide flac based music and physical discs (where I ca…

HDTracks for purchasing and downloading. Deezer and Tidal provide high fidelity streaming.

Re: Epic Games acquires Bandcamp

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Post by zippergz »

siver_john wrote: post #22

This feels like a major blow, as someone who just semi recently (probably around pandemic start) started getting into purchasing flac music from indie artists, Bandcamp was a great source of music. I understand nothing will change in the short term, but long term I am very concerned. Especially as streaming becomes more dominant and companies are less willing to provide flac based music and physical discs (where I ca…

"Nothing will change in the short term" is the story of every acquisition, almost all of which end up with major changes for the worse at some point. (So yes, I agree with you.)
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