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I submitted this point as another thread (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3027328 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3027328) but one interesting detail is
by pinko 15y ago
I submitted this point as another thread (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3027328 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3027328) but one interesting detail is that in order to share music, users must choose the same backend provider. I.e., if I use MOG and you use Spotify, we don't get the social features. In practice this is likely to mean one vendor will prevail at the expense of the others -- so being an unpopular partner may not be much better than being a non-partner in a year's time...
- npollock 15y agoVery interesting. Given the regional differences with providers, this caveat may in effect geo-fence sharing by country.
- earbitscom 15y agoI'm obviously biased, but I'd like to think that even though we're the smaller player, being one of the only 100% free, browser based services that actually has the on-demand features is a big win for us here. Unless everybody is quick to download Spotify or pay up for Rhapsody, Earbits has one of the lowest barriers to entry.
- nano81 15y agoI'm not sure that's right unless we're thinking of different things. I just clicked a ticker story of a friend listening to a song on Rdio, and I clicked a link within that flyout to play the same song in Spotify (which I've been using).