Originally Posted by MarioD
I guess I'm the oddball here as I have no problem with an account for Soundcloud.
However I am weird in that if I use something a lot I pay for it including Soundcloud, cCleaner, and Anit-Malwarebytes. YMMV

Mario, my issue was that I was paying (dearly- pro account for lack of a better term) for it and that if I wanted to allow someone to stream my song without the extra signup frustrations l should have been able to! Maybe I just wasn't educated enough in the use of the platform. IMO they are actually just trying to force feed their mobile app on people ...an app I never found that functional for my taste!