[F-Lexx]

Oh, if it isn't the joys of the capitalist cycle... Let the enshitification begin.

[pparanoidd]

nothing to do with capitalism. people just don't want to directly pay for music

[spencerflem]

this one absolutely is though - people were happy using bandcamp to directly pay for music but the owners got greedy and sold the site

[F-Lexx]

Interesting thought. What is this based on? I mean, why would people just not want to directly pay for the music that they enjoy?

[ghaff]

Are you serious? A ton of people will just take anything for free that isn’t nailed down.

[F-Lexx]

Yeah, I'm serious. Lots of people were happy throwing money directly at the people who were making the music they enjoyed, either through live jigs or Bandcamp.

[cageface]

A significant minority do. Bandcamp cleared $20 million in profit in 2022:

https://www.fastcompany.com/90951664/bandcamp-spotify-vinyl-...

[crtasm]

and "Fans have paid artists $1.21 billion using Bandcamp, and $193 million in the last year." from bandcamp homepage.