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Can someone shine a light on how a site like Hype Machine is able to stay alive and prosper? Is it b/c they don't host files and simply scrape the web for audi
by OzzyB 9y ago
Can someone shine a light on how a site like Hype Machine is able to stay alive and prosper?
Is it b/c they don't host files and simply scrape the web for audio? Is that the key?
- lbotos 9y agoThey are going to die unless people pay: https://theoutline.com/post/1915/can-small-businesses-survive-on-the-internet https://theoutline.com/post/1915/can-small-businesses-surviv... They also update to use SC on the backend. They used to host the songs, but now it's some agreement thing with SC. Was a die-hard HypeM user, and they lost me when they partnered with soundcloud bc offline listening was the _best_ feature of the app in an NYC subway...
- yoavm 9y agoI'm not sure if it helps, but a while ago I created PodCloud to generate RSS feeds for SoundCloud users, allowing me to use any podcast client to automatically download new releases and listen to them offline. Haven't touched it in years, but it seems to be still working. https://sc-pod.appspot.com/ https://sc-pod.appspot.com/