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This really sucks. Bandcamp has been my go-to store for buying music for a long time. No dark patterns, lightweight site, free previews, good terms for indie artists. I don't think I can ethically shop there anymore given Epic's ownership and business practices.

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> No dark patterns, lightweight site, free previews, good terms for indie artists

I am with you. One of the biggest draws for me was these what you have described. Their website experience was straightforward and honest.

They are now being acquired by a company that is the complete opposite. We won't have to wait long for Epic's dark patterns and policies to creep into a once great marketplace.

Or just flat out discontinuing the web store to put it in the windows-only Epic client.

I know you're right but did you really have to hurt me so much?

My favourite thing is that they have all sorts of social features so you can really engage with other fans and make lists and explore and do things... but you can also just ignore the hell out of that and buy some music that you like.

IIRC, this is what MySpace was supposed to be in the first place. They made the mistake of leaning into a more general social media audience while Facebook was on the rise, but it seems to me like Bandcamp excels at being what MySpace could have become.

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