Comment on YSK: Deezer, the music streaming service, is owned by a company whose Founder and CEO is a Russian Oligarch with connections to the Kremlin and donates to the American Republican party.

• citizensongbird@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Problem with Bandcamp is they got bought out, first by Epic Games and then by Songtradr, and each time it’s gone through enshittification. Bandcamp Fridays used to be a weekly thing but got changed to quarterly with little announcement, and then half their staff got laid off to pad the bottom line. Even with all that they’re better than the alternatives, but they’re still on a decaying trajectory.

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  • Saurok@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And included in half the staff was every member of their union bargaining committee. The workers got done dirty when that sale to Songtradr happened. I’m not even sure if Songtradr has recognized the union yet. They had just won their election (overwhelmingly) and the sale happened right after that.

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  • derin@lemmy.beru.co ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah I agree with all of this. Shame there isn’t a better option at the moment, but they’re the lesser of a bunch of evils - so I guess I’m sticking with them for a bit longer.

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• FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Absolutely. At the end of the day the main point here is just don’t use the major streaming services.

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  • derin@lemmy.beru.co ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Oh, my bad: I thought bandcamp was part of the major services. Shows what I know 😅

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