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Based on SoundCloud's Android app I would say this is unlikely. The information density has dropped to JUST fitting in 2 songs per screen on my phone! This mak
by phatfish 11y ago
Based on SoundCloud's Android app I would say this is unlikely. The information density has dropped to JUST fitting in 2 songs per screen on my phone!
This makes it almost unusable for discovery on mobile, since I have to scroll... and scroll... and scroll... while trying to glance at track names in between flashy pictures. And the runtime in the stream disappeared quite a while ago for no reason I can think of.
Ripping off Facebook really doesn't work for a music app. Spotify at least has something pretty usable (though that too has gotten worse).
- ajmalasver 11y agoMy experience has been that this is less of an issue with their UX and more of an issue with the stream itself. Once you start following a lot of artist and especially if you download tracks through the download gates, you end up with a lot of noise in your stream. I'm a DJ and I recently had my 3 year old Soundcloud account with lots of my published music and mixes removed because I had some copyright content in a mix. It was a major bummer but having a new account with a fresh stream without as much junk was a silver lining.
- mantenpanther 11y agoSame for iOS. Managing your own songs, e.g. building Albums/Playlists is also a challenge, there are just too many screens/modals with slightly different options. Also an important missing thing in the app is an offline-mode. I really like the idea of SoundCloud and still use it regulary, but they really need to enhance their UX in all clients.