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The internet is dying - here's why. (yt.drgnz.club)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Why big tech companies suck right now. Looking at you Amazon, Netflix, Uber, Spotify, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube... (sponsor was here)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They’re good… for now. Nothing terrible has happened since their acquisition, Bandcamp Fridays are still going on and fees haven’t raised, but I feel like it’s only a matter of time. The only new feature I can think of that was added was allowing payments natively without PayPal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

After the workers tried to unionize, Epic sold it off to another company

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/bandcamp-layoffs-oakland-songtradr-epic-18429463.php

Despite bandcamp being profitable at the time, the new owner said “the financial state of Bandcamp has not been healthy”

So I wouldn’t expect that for now to continue