Pxtl@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoAbout half of Bandcamp employees have been laid offwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1626cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.fooghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zonemusic@beehaw.orgtechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1626external-linkAbout half of Bandcamp employees have been laid offwww.theverge.comPxtl@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square90fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnews@radiation.partyhackernews@derp.fooghazi@lemmy.blahaj.zonemusic@beehaw.orgtechnews@radiation.party
minus-square_number8_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up239·2 years agoimagine seeing a site like bandcamp and having your goal being to take it over and kick people out. literally so psychopathic yet it’s thought of as ‘smart business’ in our society
minus-squarepostmateDumbass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up138·edit-22 years agoCapitalism is why we can’t have nice things. Nice things are over designed and built, adequate things are most profitable.
minus-squareFontMasterFlex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years ago*he said from his $1000 iphone.
minus-squareTwig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·2 years agohttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-somewhat
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 years agoLook at this guy over here with adequate things, what are they too good for our normal level of trash?
minus-squareTwig@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agohttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-somewhat
minus-squareMiphera@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoAh right I forgot, socialism is when no phone
minus-squareBrudder Aaron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·2 years agoCapitalism! Exploited by greedy leeches in a society indoctrinated to do nothing about it!
minus-squareSwim@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·2 years agoits called enshitification, bleed it dry and throw it away, cuz its more profitable to just make a new one.
minus-squaregohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 years agoenshitification has nothing to do with it. This is just plain definition of capitalism.
minus-squarepoppy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 years agoEnshitification is the new buzzword people love to use in any example of companies being horrible regardless of if it’s correct or not.
minus-squaregohixo9650@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoi know right? It is very funny because somebody jumps in in an attitude “let me tell you what it is” and they just spit a buzzword wrongly used
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 years agoNo, see, as a music licensing business, it is in their best interests to make sure the labels maintain control, and bandcamp put artists first. You would think that this should be an antitrust slam dunk but HURRR DURRR FREE MARKET BRO
minus-squarefosforus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·edit-22 years agoImagine founding a site like Bandcamp and cashing out. No non-public company is forced to sell anything.
imagine seeing a site like bandcamp and having your goal being to take it over and kick people out. literally so psychopathic yet it’s thought of as ‘smart business’ in our society
Capitalism is why we can’t have nice things.
Nice things are over designed and built, adequate things are most profitable.
fuck capitalism
*he said from his $1000 iphone.
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-somewhat
wow. owned.
Look at this guy over here with adequate things, what are they too good for our normal level of trash?
*typed on an iphone
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/we-should-improve-society-somewhat
Ah right I forgot, socialism is when no phone
Capitalism! Exploited by greedy leeches in a society indoctrinated to do nothing about it!
its called enshitification, bleed it dry and throw it away, cuz its more profitable to just make a new one.
enshitification has nothing to do with it. This is just plain definition of capitalism.
Enshitification is the new buzzword people love to use in any example of companies being horrible regardless of if it’s correct or not.
i know right? It is very funny because somebody jumps in in an attitude “let me tell you what it is” and they just spit a buzzword wrongly used
No, see, as a music licensing business, it is in their best interests to make sure the labels maintain control, and bandcamp put artists first.
You would think that this should be an antitrust slam dunk but HURRR DURRR FREE MARKET BRO
Imagine founding a site like Bandcamp and cashing out. No non-public company is forced to sell anything.