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Title: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Tasty on March 02, 2022, 03:55:11 PM
https://variety.com/2022/digital/news/epic-games-acquires-bandcamp-1235194180/

This is lame as fuck.  >:(
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: james on March 02, 2022, 04:25:50 PM
From the American Pie movies?
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Tasty on March 02, 2022, 04:29:50 PM
From the American Pie movies?

(https://c.tenor.com/FobYVN7OwsgAAAAC/american-pie-rest-of-your-life.gif)
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Potato on March 02, 2022, 05:16:50 PM
This is shit news.
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: team filler on March 02, 2022, 05:36:55 PM
I love bandcamp, I don't feel this move will make me love it more tbh :mjcry
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Bebpo on March 02, 2022, 06:11:16 PM
My band friends are not happy about this. Apparently Bandcamp was the last bastion of artistic control for musicians and Epic gonna Epic it most likely.
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Uncle on March 02, 2022, 07:03:23 PM
fucking fuck shit

everyone stop buying things

MS should not buy Activision

Google should not buy Valve

Nintendo should not buy General Motors

Ubisoft should not buy Take Two

Apple should not buy Wendys

everyone just fucking stop fucking up other people's shit
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Coax on March 02, 2022, 11:16:56 PM
After years spent avoiding giving Epic any data they unexpectedly buy this :doge
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: chronovore on March 03, 2022, 02:21:39 AM
fucking fuck shit

everyone stop buying things

MS should not buy Activision

Google should not buy Valve

Nintendo should not buy General Motors

Ubisoft should not buy Take Two

Apple should not buy Wendys

everyone just fucking stop fucking up other people's shit

Now I want to eat Wendy's. I miss Frosties and their garbo chili and square hamburgers. I even enjoyed their fries.
Japan had legit Wendy's for my first 10 years here, then they disappeared. Next, the brand was licensed by First Kitchen, but their burgers are entirely wrong.
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Kurt Russell on March 03, 2022, 05:24:58 AM
fucking fuck shit

everyone stop buying things

MS should not buy Activision

Google should not buy Valve

Nintendo should not buy General Motors

Ubisoft should not buy Take Two

Apple should not buy Wendys

everyone just fucking stop fucking up other people's shit

This will all end in corporate singularity. Eventually everything will be owned by one entity.

The ultimate move will probably be Yum Brands swallowing up Disney.
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: headwalk on March 03, 2022, 06:48:03 AM
bandcamp is an extremely light website that some coders could knock out a clone of in a week and was built on the good will of the community.

now it's just another corpo asset it can get fucked.
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Potato on March 04, 2022, 05:29:30 AM
bandcamp is an extremely light website that some coders could knock out a clone of in a week and was built on the good will of the community.

now it's just another corpo asset it can get fucked.
Any reasonable alternatives or is it just a matter of wait and see?
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Coax on March 04, 2022, 07:04:35 AM
Any reasonable alternatives or is it just a matter of wait and see?

If you're only interested in lossless then there are fewer stores to choose from but some are below.

For a mix of releases including some obscurities but mostly electronic/moody leaning genres see Bleep.com (https://bleep.com), who have good taste (a variety of artists I follow release both on bandcamp and Bleep), also Boomkat.com (https://boomkat.com/) is in a vaguely similar vein (though I rarely visit the latter). For electronic exclusives see Junodownload (https://www.junodownload.com/).

For generalized, more popular music see hdtracks (https://www.hdtracks.com/), 7digital (https://us.7digital.com/), or even Tidal if one can rip it.

For Japanese music see Ototoy (http://ototoy.jp/), though it's overpriced for some things.

There's also label-specific stores that offer lossless (and can be cheaper than buying from third-party stores). One's I can think of off the top of my head:

- Ninjatune (https://ninjatune.net/home)
- Tokyo Dawn Records (https://www.tokyodawn.net)

For video game OSTs there's a lack of lossless choices outside of Steam/GOG or physical CD (and obviously bandcamp) but GOG generally are good at mentioning if a release or DLC includes the lossless soundtrack.
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: MMaRsu on March 04, 2022, 07:34:03 AM
Disgusting.
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Potato on March 04, 2022, 07:42:16 AM
Any reasonable alternatives or is it just a matter of wait and see?

If you're only interested in lossless then there are fewer stores to choose from but some are below.

For a mix of releases including some obscurities but mostly electronic/moody leaning genres see Bleep.com (https://bleep.com), who have good taste (a variety of artists I follow release both on bandcamp and Bleep), also Boomkat.com (https://boomkat.com/) is in a vaguely similar vein (though I rarely visit the latter). For electronic exclusives see Junodownload (https://www.junodownload.com/).

For generalized, more popular music see hdtracks (https://www.hdtracks.com/), 7digital (https://us.7digital.com/), or even Tidal if one can rip it.

For Japanese music see Ototoy (http://ototoy.jp/), though it's overpriced for some things.

There's also label-specific stores that offer lossless (and can be cheaper than buying from third-party stores). One's I can think of off the top of my head:

- Ninjatune (https://ninjatune.net/home)
- Tokyo Dawn Records (https://www.tokyodawn.net)

For video game OSTs there's a lack of lossless choices outside of Steam/GOG or physical CD (and obviously bandcamp) but GOG generally are good at mentioning if a release or DLC includes the lossless soundtrack.
Pretty much interested in metal. Don't care for lossless really.
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: headwalk on March 04, 2022, 08:34:14 AM
Pretty much interested in metal. Don't care for lossless really.

life's too short for slushy blastbeats.
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: tiesto on March 04, 2022, 10:19:25 AM
bandcamp is an extremely light website that some coders could knock out a clone of in a week and was built on the good will of the community.

now it's just another corpo asset it can get fucked.
Any reasonable alternatives or is it just a matter of wait and see?

Beatport of course for electronic music
Title: Re: Epic Games aquires Bandcamp
Post by: Tasty on March 04, 2022, 12:00:21 PM
ChipMusic.org for chiptunes.