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- Soundcloud is the best streaming service
SoundCloud's platform is beautifully designed, with an attractive orange color, and is very intuitive. It displays trending tracks and allows the user to browse while still listening to music.
The argument
SoundCloud's design is comfortable to its users as it displays the trending tracks and easy access to one's library. Soundcloud's signature orange color is inviting and evokes excitement and warmth. The platform also shows the activity of the people/artists the user follows and allows the user to browse while still listening to music.
Premises
Counter-arguments
The display is mirrored with twitter and lacks a friendly interface, as it is an overload of reposts to increase engagement, rather than reposting to share. SoundCloud forces its users to repost others' work even though they might not like it. The creator tools are lacking in both the desktop and the app version.
Rejecting the premises
[Rejecting P1] These are descriptions of an interface, and every service in this question has a home screen, a library and a brand colour. Aesthetic preference is also not the kind of claim that can settle a "best" question, and no comparison with the alternatives is offered. [Rejecting P2] Following artists' activity and browsing while listening are useful features, but they are standard across the major services rather than unique to this one. The conclusion is also far broader than the premise: a streaming service is judged mainly on catalogue, audio quality, discovery, offline playback, price and how it pays artists, none of which the argument addresses. The counter-argument disputes even the design claim, describing the feed as repost-heavy, and that goes unanswered.