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As someone completely unconnected to the company, I don't understand how MOG has totally failed to get any mindshare. Same product, same price, but has been av

by pinko 15y ago

As someone completely unconnected to the company, I don't understand how MOG has totally failed to get any mindshare. Same product, same price, but has been available in the US (including on the iPhone) for >1 year. I assume it must be a profound marketing failure, because the product itself is stellar. (I really, really like it.) If I worked there I'd be driven absolutely insane by the media buzz for all-you-can-eat streaming music that almost always fails to mention them.

VeryStuck 15y ago
I had little knowledge on either, but after reading this thread and a quick browsing of both I have to agree that MOG is extremely well done. I hope they are able to put up a fight as the market is being established.
gfodor 15y ago
Yes, I agree. MOG has been ahead of the competition for almost a year and yet you never hear anything about it. Total, epic marketing fail.
- dstone 15y ago
  I disagree that Mog is ahead of the competition. For me, while Mog has more songs, they lose to Rdio in their UI, their iPhone app, and the social aspect of the service. When I was comparing them, it was neck and neck between the two, but I couldn't stand Mog's crashy AIR player compared to Rdio's rock-solid AIR player. The Rdio website is much more intuitive and usable, IMO. Also, the new Rdio for Mac app is crazy awesome. The Mog iPhone app used to sign me out all the time, too, which was really irritating. I've also found a lot more new music through Rdio than I ever did when I was using Mog. The social features are nice because I've been able to find people who like the same type of music and then listen to new music they discover. It's all a lot of little things, but they added up to make Mog really quite unacceptable for me.
  - gfodor 15y ago
    MOG was around way before Rdio. And for me, its all about the music. I could care less about social features and never ran into problems with the AIR client or the phone client. Also, MOG just finished a HTML5 redesign anyway.

by pinko 15y ago

VeryStuck 15y ago

I had little knowledge on either, but after reading this thread and a quick browsing of both I have to agree that MOG is extremely well done. I hope they are able to put up a fight as the market is being established.

gfodor 15y ago

Yes, I agree. MOG has been ahead of the competition for almost a year and yet you never hear anything about it. Total, epic marketing fail.

dstone 15y ago
I disagree that Mog is ahead of the competition. For me, while Mog has more songs, they lose to Rdio in their UI, their iPhone app, and the social aspect of the service. When I was comparing them, it was neck and neck between the two, but I couldn't stand Mog's crashy AIR player compared to Rdio's rock-solid AIR player. The Rdio website is much more intuitive and usable, IMO. Also, the new Rdio for Mac app is crazy awesome. The Mog iPhone app used to sign me out all the time, too, which was really irritating. I've also found a lot more new music through Rdio than I ever did when I was using Mog. The social features are nice because I've been able to find people who like the same type of music and then listen to new music they discover. It's all a lot of little things, but they added up to make Mog really quite unacceptable for me.
- gfodor 15y ago
  MOG was around way before Rdio. And for me, its all about the music. I could care less about social features and never ran into problems with the AIR client or the phone client. Also, MOG just finished a HTML5 redesign anyway.