![]() ![]() Thanks for the reception on this matter everyone, it means a lot. The post detailing the petition is now live:Īny support would be appreciated. For now, thanks to those who have been civil in discussion of this matter. I will make a separate post for the petition tomorrow. This situation is unfortunate, but I am appreciative of those who understand the plight these small time artists are now facing. Signatures would be appreciated, if only to show that the decision Soundcloud has made is not one that people will resign to and take quietly. ![]() Regardless, upon the suggestion of a few users who share similar concerns and eagerness to do something to stop this, I have put together a petition expressing public desire to prevent the harm these changes will have on Soundcloud and its loyal content creators. This situation is disheartening to small content creators everywhere.Įdit 2: Personally, I do not think there is much power behind a petition. I'm sure these sentiments are shared by the thousands of small creators who will have their accounts effectively frozen on Dec. No one is trying to act entitled, I would happily contribute towards the site if the costs were representative of the services they offer, but coming from a musician who has loved the site despite its flaws for years, I feel deeply betrayed. The company itself is in dire straits financially, and it seems theyve decided their best way out is by throwing their long term users under the bus. Soundcloud planned this, to effectively strong arm as many users, users who have committed years of efforts into building the site into what it is, into the most expensive plan possible in a financial hail mary. just log out from your account then re-enter to his page as a non-user of sound cloud and listen secretly to whatever you want or you could just listen and. Then they hit us with the 15 track limit, which in practice lowers the 3 hour upload limit for free users down to 30-45 minutes. Weeks before this, they slowly rolled back their "Pro" membership, an option for more storage among other things that was a lot more affordable than "Pro Unlimited." Pro is no longer an option on their store, meaning the $150-$190 a year plan is the only option. Instead this entire thing is covered with underhanded business practices. If Soundcloud came forward with a message saying "Sorry guys, ads aren't cutting it, if you want more upload time then you need to pay something," That would be understandable and fair. Cause of death: SuicideĮdit: I can't keep replying to individuals calling Soundcloud users 'entitled whiny soundcloud rappers,' so I'll leave this here: Services cost money, that is common sense and no one is trying to ignore that. How many starving artists do you know that have $150 to dish out every year for a service that can easily be replaced by Youtube and Bandcamp in tangent. If this new implementation goes through on December 9th, then Soundcloud will become a shell of what it used to be users will leave for other platforms in droves and everyone will be worse for it. I would have no problem paying for the service if it wasn't so insultingly costly with virtually no benefit to the Artist, beyond now being the only way to use the site if youre a creator ![]()
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