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I am a triathalon biker and also go to the gym multiple times per week. As such, I always have my phone strapped to my arm. Soundcloud's interface for liking/
by humbleMouse 11y ago
I am a triathalon biker and also go to the gym multiple times per week. As such, I always have my phone strapped to my arm. Soundcloud's interface for liking/saving songs is basically unusable with my phone strapped to my arm. The whole mobile app is a complete piece of shit in terms of UX desgin and usability. As a producer, there is not even a button to click to access a list of my own tracks I have posted on soundcloud! I test mixes on different speakers all the time and it is a major headache to have to search for your own damn song on soundcloud just to be able to find it!!! I should be able to click a button called "my tracks" and see a list of all my tracks I have uploaded instantly.
Also, soundcloud is just unreliable in general. Even on my laptop with fiber internet I find myself running into ajax calls that timeout. I always have to refresh the page and whatnot to get songs to play.
I could honestly write a small book about all the things I hate about soundcloud. Now that they have ads I really hope that a small competitor steals their pie. If I didn't have to work a silly enterprise job 9-5 I would just write a new platform myself....
A stripped down version of soundcloud would include:
no stupid animations when I click any buttons.
no 100 ajax calls every time I load a page.
a mobile interface that didnt suck - and had an easy button for getting to "my tracks".
A page that showed a history of every song I have ever played in chronological order so I could go back and find things I missed.
Smaller album art for each song (ie. more songs displayed per screen space unit).
No ads.
No fullscreen play/next buttons on mobile - screws me up all the time while biking/running/driving. The buttons are too big.
As for bandcamp - I don't use it. The few times I have used it have been fine though.
TLDR: I think soundcloud is the best source for finding new artists and music, but the platform from a UX and technical standpoint is shitty.