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		brian626 on Oct 19, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bandcamp's Entire Union Bargaining Team Was Laid O... Another factor to consider is that BC makes files available to download in a variety of formats (MP3, FLAC, AAC, etc.) Presumably they're transcoding on the fly from a lossless format and not storing all those extra files...

crtasm on Oct 19, 2023 [–]

Yes, there's often a wait on the download page while the transcoding is done.

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