Soundcloud rumours

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Ads are only played against content with the Premier Partner’s explicit consent. Ads will not be placed on any of your tracks if you are a Free, Pro, or Pro Unlimited user.

If that is true, then all is fine and i can just ignore this brave new world. But if i see ads on any of my tracks in the future, i will delete my account immediately.

oh come on, this isn't a big deal at all :P. Or even a deal. Literally you won't notice it.

No idea what this means for registered producers. Will it cost money to provide content to the site? Will you be unable to uncheck "downloadable" for paid subscribers? Will there be even more gaming the system with likebuys and whatnot?

I don't think SC is fantastic for independent artists, it's mostly decent for subgenre aggregators, but it's been good to me over the years so it'd kinda suck if this gets very restrictive.

Chim any other websites you like?

Soundcloud brought us Rich and Mike Ps unreleased stuff plus the likes of Erik who I would never have discovered.

I would be very sad to see it go.

  On 3/29/2016 at 7:02 PM, Squee said:

I don't mind this. I like Soundcloud.

This. Ads dont stop us from using Youtube

I hope they still give free users some upload time. Most people would never pay for an unlimited account.

I hope the ads are removed from the pro account.

Apparently the audio quality is still the same for SoundCloud Go tracks. That's really disappointing for something that costs just as much as Apple Music or Spotify, especially since most of the Go tracks are probably already on other streaming services.

SoundCloud, cuts 173 jobs, closes San Francisco and London office

https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/06/soundcloud-the-youtube-for-audio-cuts-173-jobs-closes-san-francisco-london-offices

if only more people paid for a pro membership before they tried to convert it to a streaming service.

Who wants to commit suicide with me when it finally gets shut down?

SC has seemed pointless since they fucked the groups off.

173 jobs cut? I find it really hard to believe that SC employed more than 50 people total, TBH.

In my experience of music on the internet, SC really adds nothing that you can't already do elsewhere. Getting rid of groups killed the social aspect of it, which was the only thing that was really any different from just dumping your stuff on youtube.

Cutting jobs and costs is the only way they'll stay afloat in today's world. They're bleeding cash.
 

Woah zebox - That's a blast from the past. Totally forgot about that service !

Why all the SoundCloud hate? There's still a great social aspect, even today. Maybe not as good of a social framework for people making music with comments like "nice! This sounds like autechre", but it's definitely there (no offense). In my opinion, groups were the most cringeworthy aspect of SoundCloud.

Also, all streaming services are suffering huge losses. SoundCloud is just one of the ones that doesn't have huge funding. Spotify lost over half a billion dollars last year.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-15/spotify-losses-widen-after-music-site-flags-accounting-errors

I haven't been on there in months. Most of my feed is just previews of upcoming tracks or tons 3 hour long DJ mixes I never feel like listening to so I'm probably part of the problem.

I am tired of the mixes. 5% are good. The "I can be a dj" bubble needs to pop.

All accounts shoul have been pro from the start or nothing. Everyone can find few dollars/euros to pay the account.

$6.....

People are petty

  On 7/10/2017 at 7:27 PM, sheathe said:

Why all the SoundCloud hate? There's still a great social aspect, even today. Maybe not as good of a social framework for people making music with comments like "nice! This sounds like autechre", but it's definitely there (no offense). In my opinion, groups were the most cringeworthy aspect of SoundCloud.

 

Also, all streaming services are suffering huge losses. SoundCloud is just one of the ones that doesn't have huge funding. Spotify lost over half a billion dollars last year.

 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-15/spotify-losses-widen-after-music-site-flags-accounting-errors

Totally fair, I guess I've just got the thousand yard stare that comes with watching the music industry exist these days... 

I still browse SC a few times a week. Although I still wish there was an option to turn off reposts (some people repost about 20 tracks a day, like fuck do I have the time to listen to them all, especially as I never like many), it's still a nice way to hear WIPs, new pieces and album teasers from artists and labels I like all in one place. I never used groups when they were around so don't miss that side of it all.

I've found so much amazing music on SC. If it shuts down it'll be a huge disaster... to me.

  On 7/11/2017 at 9:36 PM, Squee said:

I've found so much amazing music on SC. If it shuts down it'll be a huge disaster... to me.

Ye, same.

I don't mind paying for a pro account, I just don't want it to shut down before I even get my year's worth.