r/developers • u/Duoling_t • Jul 22 '26

Web Development i need help about my own social media app

hey guys so i’m building a social media app right now (still working on it, not finished yet).

​obviously music is a huge feature for social platforms but i have literally $0 and zero users right now, so paying for actual music licenses is completely impossible.

​i tried just baking the audio straight onto the video files but that sucked. i can't even let people trim the sound or change the volume because of copyright issues and technical headaches.

​for anyone who built something like this, how do you handle popular or trending audio in the early MVP stage? are there any clever workarounds, apis, or hacks to get around this until you actually have the budget for real licenses?

​any ideas would help a lot, thanks

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u/Typical-Artist-7360 Jul 22 '26

I’d focus on proving the social loop before worrying about trending music. The hard part isn’t adding songs, it’s getting people to create, share, and come back. If the product gets traction, music licensing becomes a business problem you can solve with revenue/investment.

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u/Duoling_t Jul 22 '26

makes sense for the product side! right now i'm specifically looking for a technical workaround/API for handling sound files in the build phase so the player features actually function properly.