I would hate to see SoundCloud disappear or get dismantled in an effort to migrate its user base into a different social network. The core idea, to provide a wa

I would hate to see SoundCloud disappear or get dismantled in an effort to migrate its user base into a different social network. The core idea, to provide a way for amateur creators to share their music, and connect with an audience, is sound. I also think there is/was a gap in the market for podcast creators that SoundCloud authoring tools could have filled. Can some combination of charging creators for advanced authoring or analytics, and placing ads in a free listening tier, not provide sufficient income to keep something like this going?