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I know last.fm entirely as a site that you get in search results for song titles and lyrics but forces you to log in. What service does it provide exactly? Was

• bri3d 8y ago
  No, it started as a "scrobbling" service where you could send data about each track you listened to from the player and service of your choice. For a brief time it was a decent social network and recommendation tool, and it could have been a lot more with the volume of data collected but has languished.
• GlennS 8y ago
  It was a streaming site which also had plugins for various media players to let you track what you listened to. Then you could see tables of what you listened to most, see what your friends listened to, and get recommendations. I think what happend is that last.fm failed to get deals with the recording companies, while Spotify succeeded (somehow?). Nowadays I use Spotify like everyone else, but I feel like last.fm gave me much better recommendations. Probably because it had many many years or listening history.
  • andai 8y ago
    Yeah, you used to be able to stream on Last.fm, then only in UK, Germany and Japan (iirc), and now it uses a little Spotify widget.