Paul Putrow
Jul 10, 2017 · 1 min read

Given what NCS and MonsterCat have done with YouTube, I wonder if Google would buy SoundCloud and roll it into YT Music or something. They might leave it as is, though without a way to monetize it, it’s likely they wouldn’t want to touch it. The SoundCloud format is useful, but the largest issue these companies face is income vs expenses. Bandwidth isn’t free, servers aren’t free, there’s a reason there aren’t many alternatives to Twitch.tv and YouTube. Even the ones that exist, find it hard to compete

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