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Google admits Spotify pays no Play Store fees because of a secret deal | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Idk if Bandcamp is better, but there I buy my beloved albums with a big tip. The only thing I dislike is many artists default to PayPal for their merch. Ah, and they got owned by someone like Tencent or Epic?

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Were owned by Epic then sold to Songtradr last month

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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Thanks. Did you hear how it affects users like us?

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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

As far as we know it's business as usual but I would make sure to have a copy of everything I've bought if I were you, when a business gets passed around like that (and sold at a loss) it doesn't bode well...

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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, right. Thanks to BC it's so easy.

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[–] tankplanker@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

They got rid of a whole bunch of staff, so the service is effectively on life support.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-10-16/bandcamp-layoffs-songtradr-epic-games#:~:text=Bandcamp.&text=Indie%20music%20hub%20Bandcamp%20has,video%20game%20publisher%20Epic%20Games.

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[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 years ago

Shit. Thanks you too for these news.

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[–] hyperhopper@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

They are removing lots of the nice things they did like days when an the revenue goes to artists

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