[rshaban]

Unfortunately, Soundcloud doesn't seem to have the technical staff to keep up – the new app remains a disappointment after months of adding-back features and streaming remains shoddy at best, with random interruptions that require manual intervention.

I hope that in the coming months they catch up to Spotify's performance.

[Jordrok]

I had only been using Soundcloud for around a month or two when they decided to push out the new version of their app so I had relatively little attachment to the old version, but even then it was blatantly obvious to me that they had butchered functionality in pursuit of a pretty UI.

There are plenty of examples to pick from, but the one change I never understood was the comment system. Timestamped user comments set directly on the waveform of the song was the one truly unique feature they had and they stripped it out completely. Months passed before it was even possible to view or create comments from the app, and even now they're locked away behind an obscure menu and only display in a useless list, entirely removed from their original context.

They've tried to backpedal slightly by bolting on some of the missing features, but the new app was clearly not designed with them in mind in the first place. I would be honestly surprised if they manage to catch up.