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spotify.com is up, but tapping "Sign Up" (using iOS Safari) takes me to "not available in your country", but lists as available in USA.
It's good to see the iPad version of Spotify, but I still can't get into it. I'm an Rdio subscriber, and despite them having a smaller catalog, I find their desktop and iOS apps to be far superior to their Spotify counterparts.
99% of all music?? Really? Really???!
Yes. This is the only problem I have with Spotify. I listen to a lot of House, Techno etc and a lot of Music I listen to simply is not on Spotify. If it was, I'd definitely pay the £10 for it. Thats no fault of Spotify's, they simply must not be able to get everything everyone wants. I'm sure in the future more record companies will jump onboard, even the smaller ones.
In what way is it awful / specious? You need to at least give SOME support to your claim, you know?
I'm pretty sure I addressed some of that when I mentioned the differences between common music listening and tv viewing practices. Obviously that could greatly be expanded upon but my post was running long as is. Simply put, aside from being similar sensory driven artforms, there is a big difference in consumption between the two.
If you have issue with why I said that the other comparisons like gym membership, car leasing, etc. were bad comparisons then I don't know what to tell you. I think that's pretty obvious. Aside from the "paying for temporary use of something in lieu of ownership" part of it, there's practically nothing in common with any of those. Just because they all happen to fall under the extremely large blanket of "subscription/renting" doesn't mean they're necessarily relatable in terms of this argument.
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I don't have a lot of music but this appeals to me. Does the service download the song/album to your device or does it stream therefore using data?
I don't have a lot of music but this appeals to me. Does the service download the song/album to your device or does it stream therefore using data?
You can tell it to cache a specific playlist offline (or any number of playlists), and the music in that playlist will be downloaded using whatever data connection is available at that time (including Wi-Fi).
It's entirely possibly to cache music over Wi-Fi (up to 3333 tracks on up to three devices) and listen to it offline without ever using your cellular data allowance.
You've still said nothing supporting your claim that "rental" does not work for those different listening / consumption habits.
You're making two claims, one of which is true and well supported, and one of which is not supported in any way, then trying to apply your first claim to an instance where the second claim is the one in question:
Claim #1 (Not in question): Music consumption is different from TV / video consumption
Claim #2 (In question): Rental won't work to support those different consumption patterns
Fallacious argument, based on the unsupported claim #2: Rental programs for music are fundamentally different than other rental programs, because of these differing consumption habits.
Try refreshing it. They put that up while they were updating the site for the iPad app launch.
never happens, i have 2 fake accounts, one for playing games and another one to stalk people.
Good grief people, can't we respect that some people prefer to buy music, while others rather rent it, and still others prefer ad-driven? without getting caught up in bickering over the exact applicability of self-justifying anecdotes & analogies?
I did do some research, albeit quite a while ago. My information is rather outdated it seems!
Thanks for the updated info anyway. Suddenly it seems more appealing.
The only downside is lack of airplay, and no way to play the tracks to other devices without the app? Or is there some sort of workaround for that? As at the moment I basically stream songs from iTunes or Match.
No where have I ever said it won't work. Where are you getting that from? I specifically said in my first post that I both use Spotify and download services.
There's a strong sentiment in this argument that these streaming services are destined to crush the pay-per-download model down the road. And a lot of the argument uses absurd comparisons to other subscriptions services. Because there are so many vast differences in the consumption of these other products (as you agreed), basing your entire argument on their comparison is flawed. Just because A works with X, doesn't necessarily mean B will in the same manner. You can certainly compare them in some regards, but their differences alone dictate that using that alone is short sighted.
I never said it won't work. It's already proving that it can. Just to what level and why is what needs to be seen next.
It doesnt matter anyway, Spotify are missing half of my library.
Edit: Just realised you can add songs manually. I am an idiot.
Side note, why are AC/DC so scared of the digital age?
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Yes. This is the only problem I have with Spotify. I listen to a lot of House, Techno etc and a lot of Music I listen to simply is not on Spotify. If it was, I'd definitely pay the £10 for it. Thats no fault of Spotify's, they simply must not be able to get everything everyone wants. I'm sure in the future more record companies will jump onboard, even the smaller ones.
exactly, same problem here
while they have some stuff, I usually stick to Discogs and Youtube for most of my listening
There is Airplay, I use it every day. Works better though streaming to Apple TV -> Pioneer AVR than directly to the VSX 1021 (sometimes interruptions).
True, it only works through iPhone and I guess also with the new iPad app (didn't have an opportunity to install yet, iPad is home).
All you suckers that pay for music kill me. You can listen to music for free on the radio or if you use iTunes, you can use the internet radio stations and it's free. FREE. No pay. FREE.
You people kill me. Pay to listen to music!
You people kill me. Pay to listen to music!
All you suckers that pay for music kill me. You can listen to music for free on the radio or if you use iTunes, you can use the internet radio stations and it's free. FREE. No pay. FREE.
You people kill me. Pay to listen to music!
Right, because listening to a random selection of songs is in any way comparable to listening to stuff on-demand. And we're the suckers.
Right, because listening to a random selection of songs is in any way comparable to listening to stuff on-demand. And we're the suckers.
Yep. Because I'm not paying money to listen to music.
Because 90% of the time, I'll like maybe 2-3 songs on that entire album. Also, I could buy those songs I wanted from Spotify or iTunes for 99p each and own them forever too.
If it does, I couldn't figure it out
Seems like it is required if you didn't already have a spotify account
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How is this better than say grooveshark which does not need a subscription for mobile or desktop?
What does it offer?