I’m excited to announce that Bandcamp is joining Epic Games, who you may know as the makers of Fortnite and Unreal Engine, and champions for a fair and open Internet. Bandcamp will keep operating a…
Reminds me of the Hollywood talent agency that Number Two set up in an Austin Powers sequel. It took slightly less of a cut from their artists than other agencies, and ended up making more money than the evil part ever did.
But seriously, artists getting to keep 18% more of their sales is a good thing.
Yeah, Epic has gradually been building out a platform of tools for different types of content creators. They're doing that as they expand Fortnite into their take on what a metaverse could be. The company is pretty much printing money as they do all this.
They're one of the smartest tech companies out there right now. Their marketing team puts a lot of effort in making it seem like they're the ones taking on big tech like Apple and Google even though they're also a multi-billion dollar company.
That's weird. Does Epic own other non-gaming platforms?
I really hope I can start buying music directly from some of the artists I've previously only been able to buy from on Bandcamp.
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Thanks for the info! That really sucks!
all of those things they listed are benefits lol
Lol I saw "lowering their revenue cut" and assumed it was the cut they gave artists.
Reminds me of the Hollywood talent agency that Number Two set up in an Austin Powers sequel. It took slightly less of a cut from their artists than other agencies, and ended up making more money than the evil part ever did.
But seriously, artists getting to keep 18% more of their sales is a good thing.
Yeah, Epic has gradually been building out a platform of tools for different types of content creators. They're doing that as they expand Fortnite into their take on what a metaverse could be. The company is pretty much printing money as they do all this.
They're one of the smartest tech companies out there right now. Their marketing team puts a lot of effort in making it seem like they're the ones taking on big tech like Apple and Google even though they're also a multi-billion dollar company.
The first S&P 500 company that will be funded entirely by 10 year old victims of bullying.