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You've found a blocker that skips those pauses for ads that always show up in the middle of whatever Paul Davids video I'm watching? I would like to see that.
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Well said. I’d be more inclined to pay for Soundcloud if there was a legitimate way to promote your music to those who might be interested via the platform itself. As it stands unless I post links on other websites most of it goes unlistened.
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Disregard - I posted some bad info!
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Well, now you literally can't. I used to communicate privately with other YouTubers with relative frequency. It was nice.
I have what I believe to be one of the most sophisticated privacy-oriented browsers (with built-in ad-blocking) available to the general user. Google and their subsidiaries (i.e. YouTube) quite frankly set the bar for such ad-blockers to measure themselves against. If you try using e.g. the YouTube software on mobile devices, you'll find there's no alternative to wasting your attention on skipping free trial "offer" dialogues. Keeping the lights on is something that I can empathize with. Google's YouTube is far from being in the "Red" (). My opinion is that the entire platform has become more of a nuisance than a resource, to the point where I avoid it as much as possible. YMMV. |
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Another issue with Soundcloud - the bots and scam artists. Too many to count. The second you put a song up some bot or scammer will PM you trying to get you to part with money for additional plays. One "talent scout" reposted one of my songs and I got 110 plays during a short period, I'm not convinced for a second these were real plays as there was no criticism or positive comments/likes on the song at all and none of the plays were from the USA which accounts for the bulk of the user base in my experience.
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I've never used soundcloud. I use box.net for my recorded media and do not seek to gain financially from it.
As for YouTube, I do not see it as an option. It pretty much ceased being about end users when Google bought it in 2006. The current crop of "content creators" and "influencers" have been lulled into a false sense of entitlement through the advertisement revenue sharing model but still treat it like it's a public library when it's really not. This current COPPA flap is just another excuse for the culling of content that is objectionable to advertisers under the guise of the government cracking down on child predators.
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The one thing not mentioned yet:
Soundcloud is going to allow lossless files - no more SC compression of your WAV, FLAC or (shudder) MP3s to their format. The compression wasn't too bad with WAVs, but could really mess up an MP3 that has a lot of compression on it. Comments about others clicking on links is very valid. I generally only use SC for demos these days, like when having others listen to a mix, or for FAWM. There is a community of SC users who 'friend' and listen to others' songs, but I don't consider it a valuable tool to get your music listened to.
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SoundCloud is backtracking on the changes:
https://blog.soundcloud.com/2019/12/...ing-on-monday/ Quote:
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ReverbNation? ReverbNation.com
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I have a friend who uses them and says they are constantly badgering him for money.
I'm a fan of Soundcloud and hope they can survive. It's a great resource for writers/musicians. |
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I like SC because we can embed the player here to share music, but for $1 I can distribute a tune for a year on 6 streaming services through Reverbnation and I have made a couple of bucks back ()
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The bigger issue is whether good business sense prevailed. Only time will tell if this decision actually constitutes common sense for this company.
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Best, Jayne |
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agree with the earlier poster - don't understand why people expect everything in life to be free. you use a service, pay for the service. if you don't like paying for it, then start your own and let others use it for free.
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