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I've been using bandcamp for years, and I feel pretty good about it. I'd spend about $10/month and get 1-2 albums, and now I have a pretty big collection. I've been unemployed so I haven't bought new music, but my library is still here and ad-free.
Bandcamp might enshittify, since it's privately owned, so make sure you download the drm-free copy of anything you buy.
Bandcamp is better than Spotify - Ampwall is better than Bandcamp. It's artist owned (developed by Chris from the non-fash Black Metal band Woe). The fees are much, much lower than Bandcamp.
Bandcamp has "Bandcamp Fridays" when 100% of the sales go to the artists. The next ones are on October 3rd and December 5th.
Problem is ampwall basically has a non viable business model beyond it's current scale. So it's likely to never really replace other options. It's good to have around tho.
Why is Ampwall's business model non-viable?
In the Ampwall business model the artists pay to upload their music but listening is free.
Sounds fine for hobby musicians, but not for anyone professional.
Interesting. Haven't heard of this one but from their FAQ and writing it sounds interesting.
Not sure if a subscription fee for artists will work. Bigger ones can certainly afford it.
The main problem as I see it now is what any new platform has: getting people to use it.
Bandcamp was sold to Epic Games who then sold it on.
The outlook isn't great for Bandcamp, but I can't see any better alternative that supports new artists to the same degree.
I've been waiting for that shoe to drop, but it's been like 2 years with no changes (knock on wood).
BTW check out the little Bandcamp instance we have here~ Post your favorite album!
Which is great and all, but Massive Attack aren't on that either.
Bonus points for purchasing on bandcamp fridays (more money goes to the artists). Two left in 2025: Oct 3 and Dec 5.
We post a lot of Bandcamp links on !gothindustrial@lemmy.world because the free song streaming is great and a lot of bands are on there. Eventually they'll enshittify and get rid of the free streaming or require a signin at which point I'll move on to something else (dunno what?!)