Last thing I heard was that Epic is in the red by hundreds of millions of dollars each year. They're trying hard to stoke up their games store by paying publishers quite a lot of money to offer their games for free. Pretty insane business tactics.
That said, I don't know whether it is good for Bandcamp that Epic took over or not. Time will tell.
RIP Bandcamp
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- KVRAF
- 6466 posts since 18 Jul, 2008 from New York
The article backs up what you are saying but it feels like there was more going on than what these articles state. Perhaps Epic made the Bandcamp CEO an offer he couldn't refuse? Perhaps he expected Bandcamp to be gutted but if he had has mansion and yacht, he didn't care?
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- KVRAF
- 8416 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
Bandcamp Just Trying To ‘Keep The Lights On’ Following Epic Sale, Layoffs
Download everything FLAC you ever bought from Bandcamp, right now .
Download everything FLAC you ever bought from Bandcamp, right now .
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- KVRian
- 1173 posts since 20 Oct, 2023
BC owners -the original ones- made too much money and the internet mafia kicked them out of the block to take over.
BC will remain and if it doesn't, something similar will take it's place. The artists, as usual, will serve as the maggot infested dirt that feeds the flytrap seeds.
BC will remain and if it doesn't, something similar will take it's place. The artists, as usual, will serve as the maggot infested dirt that feeds the flytrap seeds.
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thecontrolcentre thecontrolcentre https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=76240 - KVRAF
- 37262 posts since 27 Jul, 2005 from Scottish Borders
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- D.H. MOD
- 17906 posts since 21 Jun, 2008
Thanks. And goddamnit.farlukar wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2023 7:39 pm Bandcamp Just Trying To ‘Keep The Lights On’ Following Epic Sale, Layoffs
Download everything FLAC you ever bought from Bandcamp, right now .
No longer a moderator.
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- KVRAF
- 8416 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
bah
drew wrote:Mon Jun 29, 2026 4:25 pmmy 13 years at bandcamp are coming to an end - i’ve been laid off along with most of the remaining engineers. best job i’ve ever had, working with the best people you could ever work with. unceremonious end to quite a ride.
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- KVRAF
- 3409 posts since 6 Nov, 2006
yeah.. just saw this today on social media. such a drag. feels bad. a lot of artists and labels have built strong followings on the platform and been successful w/releases. it’s convenient. not perfect but has worked well for a lot of people.. fans included.farlukar wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2026 10:23 am bahdrew wrote:Mon Jun 29, 2026 4:25 pmmy 13 years at bandcamp are coming to an end - i’ve been laid off along with most of the remaining engineers. best job i’ve ever had, working with the best people you could ever work with. unceremonious end to quite a ride.
https://www.subvert.fm/
seems to be growing as an alternative if bandcamp does indeed die a final death… we’ll see.. i guess there will be lot’s of people looking around for somewhere to land.
as someone who has purchased a lot of music on bandcamp i’m annoyed and will have to make sure my back ups are up to date.
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- KVRAF
- 8416 posts since 18 Apr, 2004
If I had to guess, Songtradr management thinks they can vibecode a platform with hundreds of millions of users.
Hopefully they will hire the engineers back when the stochastic parrot turns out to be not so reliable, and/or the tokens cost more than then devs.
Hopefully they will hire the engineers back when the stochastic parrot turns out to be not so reliable, and/or the tokens cost more than then devs.