Color me skeptical.<p>Here is a link for people who what to see what this actually looks/sounds like without installing an app.<p><a href="https://racket.com/maguay" rel="nofollow">https://racket.com/maguay</a><p>Seems more like Audio TikTok. Or maybe "Clubhouse Clips" or something. Which means, what, I sit there and listen to things and manually scroll clip after clip after clip?<p>Gut reaction:
It did not seem binge-snack-worthy at all.<p>I listened to a few... racks? Audio is hard. The segments I heard sound like they were recorded with sub-par mics -- earbud mics, laptop mics, etc, heavily band-passed, noise cancelled and digitally compressed. Trying to listen to them was like trying to listen zoom conferences as a mini podcast. Not Fun, at all. I found it tiring, very, very quickly. The content would have to be freaking <i>extraordinary</i> for me to spend more than a few minutes listening. I didn't.<p>My opinion is that for this to have even the remotest chance it must emphasize audio quality over <i>everything</i>, which is a problem because then it's not really a mobile app on the creation side. And, good audio creation is not easy. It hasn't had the same attention as the video side of the mobile experience.<p>Even assuming the audio problem got solved, I wonder what would attract the tastemakers... the 13-21 year olds. What would the equivalent of a TikTok dance be that would make any "rack" go viral. Why would teens be interested in this at all?<p>The lacking audio quality limits it to spoken word, no singing, no music. Which leaves... what? Stand-up comedy?<p>Dunno. Hard to see myself using this. My guess it will fill up with people trying to be stand up comedians.<p>I'm on Android anyway. So, whatever.