This is actually the perfect time to launch a competitor, since SoundCloud recently announced it is no longer free for artists. You now need to pay if you want to publish more than 15 tracks. I would link to a public announcement but I don't think they made any, they just emailed artists directly.
SoundCloud has a great discover feature and I used to use it a lot. However, recently as a listener I find it unusable with all the constant audio advertisement I get. On SoundRat there are no advertisement.
The newly added support button on SoundCloud is just a PayPal button as far as I know and does not integrate within the platform. I want to integrate the support feature as a core part of SoundRat and let supporters stand out as loyal fans. Lastly, I have been working on this before SoundCloud announced their support button ;)
https://www.reddit.com/r/WeAreTheMusicMakers/comments/e51gwn...