Re:SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices
by rhizome on Thursday July 06, 2017 @04:13PM
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Ain't no way I'm listening to mixes on YT when they put brickwall-compressed ads cutting in on un-normalized audio every 10 minutes. It's a non-starter; when I see those little yellow dots I hit the back button.
Re:SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices
by seltzered_ on Thursday July 06, 2017 @06:05PM
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Have you used YouTube Red / the YouTube music app?
Re:SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices
by rhizome on Thursday July 06, 2017 @10:10PM
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God no. The only way I'll consider paying YT a single red cent for anything they make is if I can permanently turn off annotations on videos, and I haven't been able to find anything that indicates a yes or no to that question, so I have to assume their stance is "GFY."
Re:SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices
by dgdas9 on Friday July 07, 2017 @10:26AM
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You can though. I've had them turned off for too long a time to remember what the setting was though.
Re:SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices
by zimpenfish on Friday July 07, 2017 @07:13AM
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That's a good point, actually - I've been wondering what I can do with my music that's hosted on SC and putting them on YouTube (with some generated visuals, I guess) might work.
Ta!
And now, of course, (and for quite a while) YouTube is the YouTube of audio.
It should have been apparent that it was foolish to try and beat google on that turf. Google beat them easily with a simpler interface and raw performance. The biggest difference, though: The audio quality on YouTube is actually better. Nail after nail in the coffin.