I think all the naysayers are Teenagers and college kids who dont drive or have a job, and are used to Pandora because it's "Free".
But guess what? Pandora is losing money hand over fist. Mark my words, they will be forced to move to a subscription based model like MOST of the internet radio companies and Sirius. Spotify already did, it's over $10 a month. Slacker is moving that way and so are the others.
Pandora is just trying to get as many people to join their free service while they still can. If they don't raise their rates soon, they will be forced to add more commercials...and trust me...people will NOT like that.
I will say, that people are getting used to services like Pandora tho....with the ability to create your own stations. People like that kind of control. Sirius will provide this service soon too. They will add it to their Sat 2.0 in a future update for a small fee. Mark my words.
Another thing people fail to mention here is that Sirius has so much more than music. They have uncensored talk, sports and comedy.
Plus Satellite radio is everywhere, and doesn't use up data. Try getting a consistant signal for Pandora while driving in your car. And die hard radio listeners will eat up their data plans on their phones very fast and risk INSANE overcharges from the telecom companies which are all moving away from unlimited data plans to capped plans.
I bet the poster who predicted Sirius would die in 2012 is a teenager who is used to getting Pandora for free. Well...don't get used to that. Pandora is the one who might not be here past 2012 if they don't raise their fees or add more commercials. And watch how fast the teenagers drop the service.
Sirius offers so much more for pennies a day. And anyone who drives or owns a car who tries the services loves it. Most teenagers or college kids dont have cars or jobs.
Spotify is charging $10 a month. Pretty soon all the internet radio companies will be charging that much. Sirius will offer the ability to create personal radio stations soon, and only charges $4.95 more a month than Spotify....but you get so much more like Sports and uncensored talk and special live shows and concerts. Sirius can easily add a Pandora like feature, but Pandora and its ilk could never offer all the great content Sirius does.
So be honest...down the road, if you have the choice of paying $10 a month for Spotify, Pandora etc and just get a music jukebox....OR pay $15 a month for Sirius and get that AND so much more with all their Sports, uncensored talk, live concerts etc.....WHICH service would you really choose?
Totally worth it in my opinion.
