It's one of the examples of one of the dumbest competitors...
... becoming the largest competitor.
Essentially their service could be replaced by an FTP-server and all users would be much happier.
SoundCloud has avoided collapse, announcing that it has secured “the largest financing round” it's ever secured. The audio storage and streaming site laid off forty per cent of staff in July and batted away rumours that it had just a few weeks worth of cash to hand. The company's strife saw it become an exemplar of the risks …
"Trying to play "sound cloud" audio NEVER worked from FreeBSD"
Another FreeBSD user here. I don't think I ever considered playing it direct from the site. I just downloaded the stuff I was interested in. Is there stuff you can only play/stream but download normally?