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SoundCloud launches Go: a subscription service

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Re: SoundCloud launches Go: a subscription service

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Post by colmvp »

dominotw wrote: post #46

I used to use soundcloud all the time but switched to 'Discover weekely' on Spotify, like the author of the article. Spotify hit it out of park with Discover weekly. One downside of spotify is still discoverability, discover weekly doesn't introduce you to completely new kinds of music, it sticks to what you already like. You are on you own to introduce randomness into spotify's discovery algorithms. I think Rdio had…

This is where I disagree with Justin Kan who said "turns out most people don't really care that much about discovering new music." Maybe he's right in the nuance of monetizing that specific feature, but Discover Weekly by Spotify is one of the most killer features I've seen in a music app in a long time. These days I don't have much time to browse blogs/twitter for new music and it's great that I have a temporary inbox of new songs that I should be listening to that often results in at min. one new favorite song.

Re: SoundCloud launches Go: a subscription service

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Post by bballer »

hnexamazon wrote: post #52

I am a long-time user of Soundcloud that has recently stepped back from the service. As an EDM enthusiast, the service is the best place for finding up-and-coming talent and great remixes that you can't find anywhere else. The killer feature is the personal stream. Once you've started following a large enough pool of artists and labels, there is no better mechanism for wading through the pool of mediocrity to search…

Just thought I would let you know about this tool : https://github.com/jbhamilton/Soundcloud-Downloader

Re: SoundCloud launches Go: a subscription service

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Post by pjmlp »

_jomo wrote: post #94

SoundCloud Go is not available in Germany. It's kind of ironic given it's a Berlin, Germany based company. I wonder if this is due to GEMA preventing them from offering Go for an acceptable price. Unfortunately many services (including YouTube) have this problem.

I really hate them, specially the taxes even on school songs.

Re: SoundCloud launches Go: a subscription service

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Post by morsch »

colmvp wrote: post #101
dominotw wrote: post #46

I used to use soundcloud all the time but switched to 'Discover weekely' on Spotify, like the author of the article. Spotify hit it out of park with Discover weekly. One downside of spotify is still discoverability, discover weekly doesn't introduce you to completely new kinds of music, it sticks to what you already like. You are on you own to introduce randomness into spotify's discovery algorithms. I think Rdio had…

This is where I disagree with Justin Kan who said "turns out most people don't really care that much about discovering new music." Maybe he's right in the nuance of monetizing that specific feature, but Discover Weekly by Spotify is one of the most killer features I've seen in a music app in a long time. These days I don't have much time to browse blogs/twitter for new music and it's great that I have a temporary inb…

Isn't it weird that so much of what makes Discover Weekly great seems to be in its presentation as a weekly changing playlist (of all things!) and not in the discovery algorithm itself, which is fine, but nothing we haven't seen before.

Re: SoundCloud launches Go: a subscription service

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Post by Kiro »

owenwil wrote: post #29

While I like SoundCloud a lot, what the hell have they been up to for the last few years? From where I'm sitting Spotify, Apple Music and many more out-innovated them and SoundCloud did... well, nothing.

I don't think you can compare SoundCloud with Spotify or Apple Music. I use SoundCloud to follow artists directly, where they post snippets, WIPs, free downloads, re-post other artists tunes etc.

Re: SoundCloud launches Go: a subscription service

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Post by staticelf »

coldtea wrote: post #34
staticelf wrote: post #9

How much Spotify cost in the states? As a Swede it costs 99kr which is more than $9. I use Groove and that costs $9 which translates to about 79kr or something like that. It's 20% cheaper for a little less content and a not as good client. The lesser price alone makes the service worth it.

So, we're talking 20% cheaper for less content and worse client? How does that make the service "worth it"? It sounds like subpar crap in every way but price, and even at that it's nothing to write home about either (a measly $2.5 savings). If one can afford $9/month, I don't see how $11.5 month are prohibiting for a better experience and more content.

Well, it's not super bad and the content is almost as good. It's not 20% worse.

The big thing for me is that Groove works on Xbox, which I have and listen to, otherwise I used to be a Tidal customer. But I know there is a Tidal UWP app coming, then I will switch back.

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