richhipster Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 Bandcamp provides much of Soundcloud's paid functionality for nothing. Obviously being able to make some coin off your work is a plus too. I can't say I'd miss Soundcloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andihow Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 soundcloud pls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 I barely use it these days since they forced everybody over to the new version, meaning my dashboard is full of reposted songs. I've gone from 20 tracks a day to 100, most of which I'm not that bothered about hearing. If they followed Twitter's 'turn off retweets' idea then I'd be more inclined to use it regularly again. That said, I've noticed a lot of people I follow are barely posting there any more, and I get far fewer plays these days than I used to, it definitely seems drastically quieter these days than it used to be. It's probably telling than it has a 'Who to follow' box which is never based on similar artists to those I like, but accounts with hundreds of thousands of followers already. It's not promoting smaller artists of interest, just those with a sizable fanbase already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 So soundcloud went the way of zebox. Poo. Welp I guess its back to FTP uploads to some guy's private web host :V i wish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascdi Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 So soundcloud went the way of zebox. Poo. Welp I guess its back to FTP uploads to some guy's private web host :V RIP ZEBOX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 better etch your zero and ones into stone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheatheman Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 2015 was a HUGE year for SC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxbip Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Fuck! Very bad news! It would be a big blow to the underground if they close! Will kill or at least lower many amateur artist motivation i think.Even if you get like only a few comments and likes these good vibes help you keeping the motivation and wanting to improve.If there was no soundcloud i would probably not have made all the music i did in the last years.Never get records deal and no album...I would just have give up or something.... I guess its gonna go back to forums and new platforms gonna get created but still its sad if they close.Its a fun community. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Has there been an official announcement from soundcloud on the rumors of going bust, can't find anything on their website real quick. With the amount of users, surely someone will pick it up and put together a better business model, make it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted February 27, 2016 Share Posted February 27, 2016 Yeah, I keep on using and it doesn't seem to be worse than it was before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotronic Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 Moar rumaaars!http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/03/07/breaking-soundcloud-subscription-service-6-9-months-away/ http://createdigitalmusic.com/2016/03/inside-soundcloud-the-move-to-revenue-begins/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotronic Posted March 16, 2016 Author Share Posted March 16, 2016 Moar rumaaars! http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/03/07/breaking-soundcloud-subscription-service-6-9-months-away/ http://createdigitalmusic.com/2016/03/inside-soundcloud-the-move-to-revenue-begins/ 2017 News -> Soundcloud blocks adblock users. 2020 News -> Soundcloud shuts down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolkeyZ865 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I'd pay for SoundChuck if it had the ability to stream tracks lossless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 rip th sndclit wth me cck squidg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolkeyZ865 Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 Rich r u ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Moar rumaaars! http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/03/07/breaking-soundcloud-subscription-service-6-9-months-away/ "despite have 175 million active users, none of them are paying for the service" Erm. edit: unless this means listeners, I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotronic Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 "despite have 175 million active users, none of them are paying for the service" Erm. edit: unless this means listeners, I suppose. It does. Was a bad move to not implement a micro payment system like bandcamp. As soon as bandcamp came up with it, they should at least have copied the system. But i think their devs were busy removing flash from the site at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie Sombrero Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Fuck em the useless cunts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 So they'll be adding loads of annoying ads unless you pay for a subscription I'm guessing, probably including audio ads which play intermittently as you use the site. Hopefully the listening subscription will be included with the existing hosting subscriptions they already offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psychotronic Posted March 29, 2016 Author Share Posted March 29, 2016 Here we "go"...https://blog.soundcloud.com/2016/03/29/introducing-soundcloud-go/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caze Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 That doesn't sound that bad, though they don't say whether they'll be adding ads to the free service or not, hopefully not. The free service sounds like it's remaining exactly the same otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perezvon Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 Yeah tbh I don't see anything wrong with them trying to earn a little money ("a little" because I'm not sure they get that much people in this) to still run everything else normally. Everybody loves 100% free stuff but sadly a company needs money to live at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colunga Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 hopefully the ads are only for listening to drake and other big names instead of what the majority of users actually use the service for. . highly doubt it tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 That doesn't sound that bad, though they don't say whether they'll be adding ads to the free service or not, hopefully not. The free service sounds like it's remaining exactly the same otherwise. "Ads help us earn money for artists, but they can sometimes interrupt your listening experience. We know that some users may want to remove anything that disrupts the experience of listening, whether that’s an audio ad in-between tracks or a display ad. SoundCloud Go allows you to do just that: remove interruptive ads from your experience." That sounds like there will be ads for free listening and paying $9.99 per month will remove the ads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squee Posted March 29, 2016 Share Posted March 29, 2016 I don't mind this. I like Soundcloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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