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Re:SoundCloud's Collapse by lupin3 on Sunday July 30, 2017 @07:56AM (#14885556)
Soundcloud is one the rare service I would be happy to pay for. However, their current subscription does not bring me anything interesting. One idea would be to have a monthly limit, and propose an unlimited subscription at around $1 to $3.

And how come I have to pay for the artist album through Bandcamp after listening on Soundcloud? Is there no way to implement a payment straight from Soundcloud?

Also, there is an obvious return of the podcast scene: here again, plenty of ways to make money from that.

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Re:SoundCloud's Collapse by epa on Sunday July 30, 2017 @11:56AM (#14886472)
I agree their pricing decisions were not in line with their users. Soundcloud Go was poorly positioned, and their original premium tiers did not provide enough benefit for what they cost.

SoundCloud is far from 'failed' the service is still the go-to website for new music and I do not see a replacement at this time.

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