It's worth noting Bandcamp was sold to Songtradr last month: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37695035
This doesn't seem like a good thing to me, as a user.
This doesn't seem like a good thing to me, as a user.
Assuming they want to run it maintenance mode and have it not burn a hole in their pocket, they probably want people not pushing for raising wages, benefits, etc. in the future or now -- they'll likely sell off what remains to private equity or maybe try to get AI to run the show.
(That's not a rhetorical question, I'm genuininely interested in it from a philosophical and/or legal point of view)