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The internet is dying - here's why.
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this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2024
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The only way to change this is to vote with your money. I know that easier said than done, because these companies have driven down their cost with criminally low wages or by selling user data. Pay for domestically made goods from local businesses. Use ride-sharing or public transportation, ride a bike, or walk when possible. Pay artists directly through their website, or fair compensation sites like ~~Bandcamp~~ or Patreon.
Any other suggestions on services that support the manufacturer/artist/creator?
It’s impossible to do that.
You’ve even mentioned Bandcamp, who sold out a couple years ago
Did they? Bummer. They were great to a band my friends were in, but that was 7-8 years ago now.
They’re good… for now. Nothing terrible has happened since their acquisition, Bandcamp Fridays are still going on and fees haven’t raised, but I feel like it’s only a matter of time. The only new feature I can think of that was added was allowing payments natively without PayPal.
After the workers tried to unionize, Epic sold it off to another company
https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/bandcamp-layoffs-oakland-songtradr-epic-18429463.php
Despite bandcamp being profitable at the time, the new owner said “the financial state of Bandcamp has not been healthy”
So I wouldn’t expect that for now to continue
Self host all the things. Don't use Google drive, self host nextcloud. Run your own VPN from a VPS, since the Google one is shutting down anyway. Oracle offers always free servers.
Solid advice!