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<h1 class="title">Goodbye, SoundCloud</h1>
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<p class="date">2025-10-08 00:00:00 -08:00</p>
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<p>I have decided to delete my SoundCloud profile. I do not know how long I have had that account, but if I were to take a guess, probably 13 or more years. I have been considering deleting the account for awhile, it is one of the few corporate owned social media profiles I have. Here is the quick rundown for why:</p>
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<li>I stopped paying for SoundCloud Pro to cut back on monthly expenses</li>
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<li>I stopped paying for SoundCloud Go (their streaming service) after I installed Navidrone to remotely access <strong>my</strong> music collection</li>
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<li>I focus on uploading my music to my website, which made SoundCloud redundant</li>
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<li>The enshittification of SoundCloud is slow, but still present, and I felt increasingly uncomfortable posting my music on their platform</li>
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<li>The website has become more and more frustrating to use as they add more and more dark patterns into the interface</li>
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<li>I finally got around to rebuilding <a href="/music/">the music section</a> of my website, which I will share more information about in another blog post</li>
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<li>I haven't logged in and used it for a couple years</li>
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<p>Now for the reasons why I still think most people would be happy sticking with SoundCloud:</p>
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<li>Access to some incredible underground music that you won't find anywhere else</li>
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<li>Their music discovery algorithm was great! It was the only algorithm I actively participated in its tracking of my behavior</li>
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<p>While I still think it's the best commercial streaming service online, it's not enough to keep me around. My ugly website will always be cooler than a polished profile on somebody else's computer.</p>
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