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Earbits (YC W11) is a new breed of artist-focused Internet radio

26 points by earbitscom 15y ago

bbryant 15y ago
That's a seriously cool business model. Can't believe no one thought of it before. Brilliant.
- earbitscom 15y ago
  Eh, what would you know?
dr_ 15y ago
I like the iPhone app, but i wish it would continue in the background upon exiting the app. That's a pretty important feature.
- earbitscom 15y ago
  Hey dr_, we plan to focus on our mobile apps soon but we've got our hands full with some big partnerships that we'll be announcing in the next 30-60 days - very big partnerships.
JoelPM 15y ago
If anyone from earbits happens to be reading - would you please provide an alternative to FB for login? I don't have an FB account and I won't get one just to sign up for your service. FWIW, I've paid for my music for the last ten years and currently subscribe to Pandora and Rdio. I'm in your target market, except for the FB thing.
- earbitscom 15y ago
  Hey Joel, that is at the top of our list to add. Unfortunately, nearly all of our current features that require registration are designed for sharing on FB. Only bookmarking songs and getting email announcements about new features or artists will really be enabled by registering via email at this time. That being said, we're on it.
  - JoelPM 15y ago
    Cool, thanks for the response. I'm enjoying the service. Good luck.
Mc_Big_G 15y ago
Way off-topic, but I swear I made a website about 8 years ago on earbits.com for a guy that sold a tool for cropping dogs ears. weird...
- earbitscom 15y ago
  HAHAHA!
desigooner 15y ago
FYI, In their "More Info not available" page, Gandhi is mis-spelt as Ghandi ..
- earbitscom 15y ago
  You read the article, right? I mean the guy is a high school dropout.
  - earbitscom 15y ago
    Haha! I got voted down for talking smack about myself! Someone loves me!
JoshTriplett 15y ago
"WTF? You need Adobe Flash to stream music... We thought you knew this, but apparently you need reminding. You should enable Flash, or if you don't have it you can go install it now." I've seen annoying and wrong messages before, but this message adds patronization on top of that. You don't need flash for audio anymore.

26 points by earbitscom 15y ago

bbryant 15y ago

That's a seriously cool business model. Can't believe no one thought of it before. Brilliant.

earbitscom 15y ago
Eh, what would you know?

dr_ 15y ago

I like the iPhone app, but i wish it would continue in the background upon exiting the app. That's a pretty important feature.

earbitscom 15y ago
Hey dr_, we plan to focus on our mobile apps soon but we've got our hands full with some big partnerships that we'll be announcing in the next 30-60 days - very big partnerships.

JoelPM 15y ago

If anyone from earbits happens to be reading - would you please provide an alternative to FB for login? I don't have an FB account and I won't get one just to sign up for your service. FWIW, I've paid for my music for the last ten years and currently subscribe to Pandora and Rdio. I'm in your target market, except for the FB thing.

earbitscom 15y ago
Hey Joel, that is at the top of our list to add. Unfortunately, nearly all of our current features that require registration are designed for sharing on FB. Only bookmarking songs and getting email announcements about new features or artists will really be enabled by registering via email at this time. That being said, we're on it.
- JoelPM 15y ago
  Cool, thanks for the response. I'm enjoying the service. Good luck.

Mc_Big_G 15y ago

Way off-topic, but I swear I made a website about 8 years ago on earbits.com for a guy that sold a tool for cropping dogs ears. weird...

earbitscom 15y ago
HAHAHA!

desigooner 15y ago

FYI, In their "More Info not available" page, Gandhi is mis-spelt as Ghandi ..

earbitscom 15y ago
You read the article, right? I mean the guy is a high school dropout.
- earbitscom 15y ago
  Haha! I got voted down for talking smack about myself! Someone loves me!

JoshTriplett 15y ago

"WTF? You need Adobe Flash to stream music... We thought you knew this, but apparently you need reminding. You should enable Flash, or if you don't have it you can go install it now." I've seen annoying and wrong messages before, but this message adds patronization on top of that. You don't need flash for audio anymore.