I’m not sure where to discuss this so I’m posting here since this is the hub of FOSS advocates.
I had a really interesting conversation with a friend about the Bandcamp situation and as we were discussing it occured to me that something like PeerTube but for music doesn’t really exist. Which doesn’t make sense in my mind as it’s so much less cost to host and so useful. Half of Youtube’s audience mainly goes there for music.
So, I don’t know, does it make sense for anyone else to work on something Fediverse-based (Activity Pub) that is aimed at music creators?
I would even go as far as allow the creators to host ads on their page so as to attract as many of them as possible. Controversial but we have to take one step at a time to change mindsets. Right now, the situation is that you have to put up with massive advertising or go the FOSS way and depend on donations.
What do you guys think?
I just signed up at open.audio . This is pretty lackluster for the moment but has tremendous potential. Thank you so much for letting me know of it! :)
Just remember that this instance only hosts creative commons music. Both good and bad if your looking for music.
Is this based on Activity Pub?
Yes.
Actually, this seems like Spotify, I was talking abou something with comments and likes, kinda social. That would be even better imo.
Awesome, do you have a link to find instances?
Maybe keep an eye on this one as well, fairly recent https://code.communitymedia.network/MountainTownTechnology/aural_isle
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I want to go off of this slightly and ask a similar question. Why is there no shopping network using activitypub? An open source replacement for facebook marketplace, ebay, etsy, and ideally amazon too. Seems like something that could really put a dent in mega corporations revenue and userbase, or maybe I’m just dreaming too much lol.
Craigslist is all we have!
Federated marketplaces would make a ton of sense. Network effect is a huge issue with selling stuff.
User base
My idea is that every artist host a server and sell music on it and listeners can subscribe to many servers and see all updates from artists from their feed
Discovery becomes a huge drawback in that scenario.
From the listener perspective, I must rather listen to genuine music with advertising that they actually picked rather than listen and be fed shit like YouTube does.
What’s the “Bandcamp situation”?
They just laid off half their staff
Edit: after they got bought out. Hooray capitalism! https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/half-of-bandcamps-staff-laid-off-after-songtradr-acquisition/ar-AA1ijuTX
And unionized
And that too.
Bandcamp’s U.S. employees, who launched a union that went public earlier this year, announced early in October that they had sent a letter to Songtradr outlining a list of demands around the sale of the company
JFC, brutal response.
That’s so sad. Uses to buy all my music through them.
The have laid off half their stuff and I think they’re getting sold.
It’s not what you’re looking for, but I think in this context Jamendo deserves a mention.
I found lots of great songs and artists there that I listen to daily.
I nominate itch to cannibalise the fucker
