I suspect Soundcloud isn't long for this world.

 

https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/12/soundshroud/amp/

This is purely conjecture, but I'd imagine the actual hosting side of their business (a small piece to their overall product suite) would be sold or possibly kept since it's subscription based and actually brings in money.

 

If they would cease hosting, i would hope the archive would at least be there for a set time. I have a new host lined up if needed, but man the moving of the backlog would be awful. I'd bet other sites will come up with a way to import data should they leave the market.

 

Something i'm closely watching for sure.

That said - we're also working on a project to make sure everything is archived. I'd say we're in pretty good shape, and SC has a nice downloader tool that lets you pull off playlists versus individual shows, which is real nice.