I think it's absolutely ridiculous that SoundCloud gets into the ring to compete with Spotify, Apple Music et al. SoundCloud shines for small musicians, independents, for actually building a community around music. The other players don't do this. I blame VC money. Let's see if they can partner with the big labels and avoid watering down what makes them unique.
Hmm, IIRC they had a surprisingly open streaming API (raw .mp3 stream). Doubt that will be staying. :(<p>Edit: I see that API still exists at the moment. I wonder how that works with the ads they have running on the website. Do you currently get no ads if you use a custom player which uses that API?
Does this mean they'll finally stop their absolutely ridiculous policy of removing mixtapes and remixes of popular songs, and of shutting down the accounts of "offenders"?