Bandcamp lay off 50% of staff

Today I'm mostly listening via Spotify, occasionally Bandcamp, sometimes my own collection (some artists still don't support any streaming service). As long as artists willingly agree to put their music there, I will keep using these services as a matter of convenience. I am keeping a chart of my favorite albums on my website, so that in the event that these services shut down, I know what to buy to switch to offline mode.

Capitalism only supports art when they can exploit it for massive profit otherwise it will strangle it to death at its' earliest opportunity. 

More confirmation that the new owner doesn't give one single damn about BC. 

Artists should focus on selling their music themselves, avoiding the middle man almost completely.

You are however not acknowledging artists like me for example, who can't fuсking afford to poop out CDs and vinyl whenever they feel like it. And even if I had to print out 100 poorly duplicated or 300-500 hq pressed physical copies (minumum amount in the case of the majority of CD/vinyl manufacturing services), wait a year and a half or these days perhaps even like more than two, three years (that's minimum waiting time in the case of ALL such services), that would never fuсking sell enough copies for me not to actually sink/lose money!!!

FOR A POOR POOR POOR POOR UNDERGROUND ARTIST, RELEASING MUSIC IN PHYSICAL FORMAT IS EXPENSIVE!!! And considering the lightspeed inflation, IT'S BASICALLY FINANCIAL SUICIDE!

Anyway: spotify, Tidal, YT Music sucks. Plain and simple. We've already talked about the 0.000000001% revenue for the artist. But there are other problems. The audio is in GARBAGE quality (even for premium subbed consumers) and on top of that the services RUIN the mastering, by adjusting the loudness level to their bogus systems (YEAH, even for premium subbed consumers). And the NAIL to the coffin is of course that it is STREAMING, no DOWNLOADS!!!

So for example, if some generous fan wants to support me and keep my music forever.... well, then the only possibility is to send me a message containing the proof that they made the payment via I dunno, paypalme or patreon (in that case I'd have to create a patreon, get verified yada yada) or something, and ask for a private manually-sent download link. Sounds like a lot of hassle? Well, that lack of convenience just discourages the listener from buying the album. :(

But how is the listener gonna be informed the new album was released? Back in the Bandcamp era, Bandcamp itself would inform followers. But now, I'd have to create a mailing list on some most likely paid service! :( And somehow, spread the word and get folks to join it, which is very hard in this day and age.

And even with all that being done, no new listeners will ever find me, because the convenient, user friendly platform that is Bandcamp will not exist anymore!!! So, I'd have to make it big on YT or Twitter/X or something first. Except, it's an unachievable task for an underground micro-niche prog rock musician.

So, TLDR: small and poor prog artists are fuсked.

^^ Are we allowed to write f**k now? Not that I personally ever feel the f**king need to write f**k, but I think it should be f**king allowed. 

Edit: Not me. Only Hrychu is allowed it seems.

(I know a CDr isn't as good as a pressed CD, but it's pretty much the only affordable option for a hobbyist or a poor musician. When you start looking at trying to get a pressed CD, the costs just don't reap the benefits, and then you have boxes and boxes of them stored in your closets - not me personally, but from what I've heard from people that have chosen that path)

If this is true, why are there so many artists on Twitter saying how great Bandcamp is and how worried they are about this news?