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Now that Bandcamp has had huge layoffs, what about an opensource, Fediverse-friendly replacement? What can a FOSS product bring to the community and do better than Bandcamp?

Discoverability?
Broader selection of payments platforms? Direct transfer to avoid processors? (I'm ignorant about the processing system, plus international considerations)
Ease of spinning up (SaaS?)
Content deliverability (on the fly transcode from sourced FLAC or WAVs? Rich video/multi track audio?)

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[-] iopq@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Because I've tried getting money from countries like Kazakhstan and it's not straightforward

Sure, if you have a merchant account and want to pay 3%+ on a credit card purchase it would work, just set up visa and Mastercard

But for the smaller band, they would not be taking credit card payments themselves

this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2023

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