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Hmmm...interesting point but Google already has an awful lot of music infrastructure in the form of Google Music and YouTube does it not? Would it really make s
by simonswords82 11y ago
Hmmm...interesting point but Google already has an awful lot of music infrastructure in the form of Google Music and YouTube does it not? Would it really make sense for them to purchase Spotify too?
- txru 11y agoBuying brand loyalty, perhaps?
- toomuchtodo 11y agoThey'd be buying the users.
- simonswords82 11y agoThat's about the only real value. But then what? Do they run the two entities separately? Or merge Google's offering with Spotify and risk pissing customers off who are loyal to the Spotify brand and app?
- toomuchtodo 11y agoNo idea whatsoever. Maybe merge Spotify into Google Fiber and include it as part of a content offering?
- mcintyre1994 11y agoI use Google's offering and it's probably pretty solid with YouTube Red, but I'm guessing at this point they're third behind Spotify and Apple?
- zymhan 11y agoSure, one less competitor in the market.
- tormeh 11y agoI've only really looked at Spotify and Tidal, but Spotify is really good. There's more to streaming than content. Makes me curious about how good Google's recommendation engine is.
- vinkelhake 11y agoAs a long time Spotify user who switched to Google a few months ago: I really like the playlists and I've found a lot of new music that I like. The recommendations have worked really well. I'm not looking back.
- pgm8705 11y agoI've also found that Google's radio stations are more diverse and less repetitive.
- tormeh 11y agoJust checked out Google Music on Wikipedia. No native desktop clients. Not even for Windows, and I use Linux. They can't be serious. Total dealbreaker.
- kyrra 11y agoI tend to always have a browser open so a desktop client doesn't matter to me. I keep Play Music open in a tab. Then I use an extension[0] to add the other controls I normally use. [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/prime-player-for-google-p/npngaakpdgeaajbnidkkginekmnaejbi https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/prime-player-for-g...
- gtaylor 11y agoI like it more than Spotify's. I found the repetition was much higher with Spotify, and never felt that it was "learning" what I liked. I don't know how many Mumford & Sons songs I thumbed down, but it would find progressively more obscure songs from them to slip into my Alt playlists. Even when Spotify wasn't repeating individual songs, it repeated artists a good deal. With Google Play Music, it throws a lot of different things at me in their generated playlists. I've had great success with the "I'm feeling lucky Radio", as well. I don't want to stop and think about what to listen to during a work day, so it's valuable to me to be able to start it in the morning and just listen in.