I have got to admit I canned Spotify subs years ago - but how are they managing to grow their subscriber base whn it is now going to be £11.99 in the UK? That is way, way too high for what it offers…

https://www.gbnews.com/tech/spotify-price-rise

  • bryndos
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    52 days ago

    Bandcamp is not banned in the UK yet. But i think the government has strong intelligence that they are a terrorist organisation.

    • Final Remix
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      1 day ago

      Well, it’s owned by friggin’ Epic, now… so they’re not that far off with their Intel.

      • @morbidcactus@lemmy.ca
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        31 day ago

        They sold it to Songtradr in 2023, there were “layoffs”, a lot of the employees involved with unionisation while Epic controlled the company were fired (in the wiki page toward the end of the history section).

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          Wow, that trade went by very quietly. Glad they’re out from Epic at least i guess… scummy as hell behavior from Songtradr…

          • @morbidcactus@lemmy.ca
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            21 day ago

            Yeah, was like just over a year later, they still are the independent & small label place imo, I don’t have faith that’ll last forever unfortunately. They still are my go to place for discovery and exploration, bandcamp daily still has some interesting finds, I just make sure I download my purchases.