[alisonatwork]

They tried to win the mainstream audience and failed because the mainstream went to Spotify instead. But by selling out to the majors they also hurt the underground artists and producers that built the site's indie cred in the first place. There was a good article a few years back on The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/21/15999172/soundcloud-busin...

I guess since then the platform saw some success as a home for lo-fi hip-hop, so it seems a new generation of youngsters have gotten something out of it. Good for them. For electronic music I think we mostly went to Bandcamp and Mixcloud, especially when Beatport sold out too.