It’s still too early to tell, but in its current form Anchor isn’t going anywhere as a platform. First off, it seems solely focused on its app. Facebook and YouTube have apps, but they themselves are not just apps.
You know what are exclusively apps?
Instagram and Snapchat.
Good content does not come out Instagram and Snapchat.
Anchor needs to have a website that isn’t clunky if they want to stand a chance as a content creation platform.
Speaking of the actual content, only being able to upload in 5 minute increments is crippling to a long-form medium like podcasting. It would make sense if someone uploaded to the site and it was split into 5 minute segments, but it won’t accept any audio clips over 5 minutes.
And on top of all of that, it’s difficult to navigate through the channels and see who’s posting things, both on the app and on the site.
I’m not saying this couldn’t turn into something great, but it’s been a frustrating past few days working through the kinks of this app.
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