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Bandcamp... What now?
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this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023
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Not sure why you're getting downvoted, because you're making a ton of sense. It's not about Tim Pool, who is a dumb incel POS. It's about the HUGE dangers of giving a company unilateral power to ban someone based solely on speech.
What if Bandcamp's new owners are more like Facebook? They could ban work that promotes women's rights and abortion access, which is exactly what Facebook has done.
What if Bandcamp's new owners (or the owners after them) are more like Twitter? They could ban antifascist activists or journalists.
It truly doesn't matter how you feel about one person. It matters how you feel about principles.
At the end of the day, what you're talking about is exactly right.
It feels like a win if people you don't like get silenced, but it's a two sided sword that rarely ends up back in the scabbard without tasting friendly blood -- as you've shown.