Bandcamp might have been bought out by Epic Games, but the platform has given me magnitudes more money for my music than every other streaming platform combined.
For what it’s worth, Epic Games sold Bandcamp to Songtradr in 2023. It’s still an American company, and probably isn’t meaningfully better than Epic, but at least they haven’t totally tanked the platform yet either.
Any artist I hear online that I like their music, if they dont have a BC page, I suggest they sort one out. What I like about them is that I can stream peoples music via the app but also download it so I actually ‘own’ the music. I also like buying physical releases from artists through there.
I’ve not sold music through there so I’m not au fait with their terms but I know its not as terrible as all the streaming sites.
I am doing just that. I indeed use Youtube Music for discovering and downloading new tracks, but alos yt-dlp every video I like. Because I am afraid Youtube might at some point be taken away, like loginwalled.
I would never be able to afford Apple tech even if I somehow didn’t mind using a phone I cannot install arbitrary apps on. So yeah, no idea. I use RiMusic on my Android, but the downloads happen on the laptop with yt-dlp.
It’s non-US. Honestly, I’m not really on the whole non-US bandwagon. It feels kind of xenophobic and a large blast radius. Even for privacy, non-US isn’t even enough, it needs to be in specific countries.
Distrusting services from a country due to their government is not xenophobia.
It’s the same as avoiding chinese services because of their national policies.
I’d still happily welcome american and chinese people into my country.
Non-US is a start for now though, because they currently have the most control over the internet.
Plus the US government is currently exceptionally hostile to those who aren’t US citizens, so I have little reason to trust that they won’t abuse me or my data.
The administration is putting tendrils into things, heading toward fascism.
US companies are being forced to bend the knee. Government agencies are sucking up information to be used against people the future or sold at an alarming rate.
If you can find a one to one alternative to a US-based service it’s a really good time to head that way. I know I am.
Maybe not that much more than it already was, though. And Lemmy is going so far to boycott Signal which has been the golden standard for privacy up to this point. While many European countries are passing anti-encryption policies, we are boycotting US without any strong arguments.
I’ve seen as more distrust over matrix/new vector (exposing ID without content) as I have Signal. There’s stink around it being an Israeli government run company in a trenchcoat.
I think most of it is as baseless as anything said about signal, but at least they have real incidents that make matrix questionable.
Moving from YouTube Music to Spotify?
Spotify has been fucking over artists for years
Bandcamp might have been bought out by Epic Games, but the platform has given me magnitudes more money for my music than every other streaming platform combined.
For what it’s worth, Epic Games sold Bandcamp to Songtradr in 2023. It’s still an American company, and probably isn’t meaningfully better than Epic, but at least they haven’t totally tanked the platform yet either.
Any artist I hear online that I like their music, if they dont have a BC page, I suggest they sort one out. What I like about them is that I can stream peoples music via the app but also download it so I actually ‘own’ the music. I also like buying physical releases from artists through there.
I’ve not sold music through there so I’m not au fait with their terms but I know its not as terrible as all the streaming sites.
Yeah, I had to check the decision making process there, it’s just that it’s not American.
At least Youtube Music can be used with third-party clients.
Imo yt-dlp and self-host that stuff while you’re still can.
I am doing just that. I indeed use Youtube Music for discovering and downloading new tracks, but alos yt-dlp every video I like. Because I am afraid Youtube might at some point be taken away, like loginwalled.
DLP can pull audio tracks and drop you mp3s as well.
That is exactly what I do. A client on the phone for discovery on the go, later yt-dlp on the laptop and proper tagging.
any clients for ios?
I would never be able to afford Apple tech even if I somehow didn’t mind using a phone I cannot install arbitrary apps on. So yeah, no idea. I use RiMusic on my Android, but the downloads happen on the laptop with yt-dlp.
It’s non-US. Honestly, I’m not really on the whole non-US bandwagon. It feels kind of xenophobic and a large blast radius. Even for privacy, non-US isn’t even enough, it needs to be in specific countries.
Distrusting services from a country due to their government is not xenophobia.
It’s the same as avoiding chinese services because of their national policies.
I’d still happily welcome american and chinese people into my country.
Non-US is a start for now though, because they currently have the most control over the internet.
Plus the US government is currently exceptionally hostile to those who aren’t US citizens, so I have little reason to trust that they won’t abuse me or my data.
U.S. citizen here
The administration is putting tendrils into things, heading toward fascism.
US companies are being forced to bend the knee. Government agencies are sucking up information to be used against people the future or sold at an alarming rate.
If you can find a one to one alternative to a US-based service it’s a really good time to head that way. I know I am.
Maybe not that much more than it already was, though. And Lemmy is going so far to boycott Signal which has been the golden standard for privacy up to this point. While many European countries are passing anti-encryption policies, we are boycotting US without any strong arguments.
Who is boycotting signal?
People have been pushing Matrix and Element over Signal.
I’ve seen as more distrust over matrix/new vector (exposing ID without content) as I have Signal. There’s stink around it being an Israeli government run company in a trenchcoat.
I think most of it is as baseless as anything said about signal, but at least they have real incidents that make matrix questionable.
Agreed. I think it’s important to differentiate American organizations that are and are not part of the problem.