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I don't understand why Spotify or some music streaming service doesn't buy Last.fm already. It's a pretty useful service that nobody is going to pay for unless
by gtirloni 4y ago
I don't understand why Spotify or some music streaming service doesn't buy Last.fm already.
It's a pretty useful service that nobody is going to pay for unless it comes included in a streaming service already.
- toofy 4y agoi genuinely hope they dont. if spotify bought it, they would almost certainly kill off scrobbles from outside music sources. of course they would promise this wouldn't happen, but we all know from repeated experience, over time the api would slowly be closed off.
- ruuda 4y agohttps://listenbrainz.org/ https://listenbrainz.org/ exists, it can import your Last.fm history, and it is backed by the same foundation that builds MusicBrainz.
- CrypticShift 4y agoBecause they don't need to: They chose machine intelligence (= The Echo Nest, ) over unreliable Human tagging (= Last.fm) Also, Spotify now has the data of more than 400 million active listeners. Last.fm has at best 20 millions of users (including a lot of inactive one).