SoundCloud vs Signal

Links to related music, based on what you're listening to, can be found in the sidebar.

You can subscribe to artists to be notified the instant they upload a new song or give an update.

Explore tab on SoundCloud shows trending music that can be filtered based on genre/tag. There's a constant stream of new music.

You can follow people with similar tastes or that often find new music. When they favorite a song, SoundCloud will notify you about it.

You don't even have to log in or sign up for an account if you don't want to.

There are paid options for if you want to upload large quantities of audio (eg if you're a music label you'll need this), but it's free to download as much and as often as you like.

Some music labels, especially newer ones, release on SoundCloud before anywhere else.

SoundCloud allows for finding music that is licensed under Creative Commons.

Signal uses an advanced end to end encryption protocol that provides privacy for every message every time.

Signal is free and open source software, enabling anyone to verify its security by auditing the code. It's the only private messenger that uses open source, peer-reviewed cryptographic protocols to keep your messages safe.

Signal Desktop can be used on multiple devices and has most features of the Android version, although it still requires you to register with your phone.

Signal supports: emoji, pictures, videos, audio, contacts, any location and GIF.

Allows you to "send: messages to yourself and sync to desktop so you can use Signal as a kind of encrypted Pushbullet alternative

You can easily view all media shared in the chat without scrolling back to when it was shared.

The sender credentials can be encrypted with the rest of the message, leaving only the recipient address readable by the Signal server. Even if Signal wanted they couldn't see who is talking with who by this mean.

Unlike most messenger apps, Signal works reliably in all countries by securely circumventing internet censorship.

Edward Snowden uses this messenger and recommends it to everyone who is concerned about his privacy.