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Bandcamp... What now? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Now that Bandcamp has had huge layoffs, what about an opensource, Fediverse-friendly replacement? What can a FOSS product bring to the community and do better than Bandcamp?

Discoverability?
Broader selection of payments platforms? Direct transfer to avoid processors? (I'm ignorant about the processing system, plus international considerations)
Ease of spinning up (SaaS?)
Content deliverability (on the fly transcode from sourced FLAC or WAVs? Rich video/multi track audio?)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure why you're getting downvoted, because you're making a ton of sense. It's not about Tim Pool, who is a dumb incel POS. It's about the HUGE dangers of giving a company unilateral power to ban someone based solely on speech.

What if Bandcamp's new owners are more like Facebook? They could ban work that promotes women's rights and abortion access, which is exactly what Facebook has done.

What if Bandcamp's new owners (or the owners after them) are more like Twitter? They could ban antifascist activists or journalists.

It truly doesn't matter how you feel about one person. It matters how you feel about principles.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

At the end of the day, what you're talking about is exactly right.

It feels like a win if people you don't like get silenced, but it's a two sided sword that rarely ends up back in the scabbard without tasting friendly blood -- as you've shown.