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I hope Pandora realizes how much people love them. It would be such a tragedy if they died. I'm sure they've considered it, but it seems to me that a freemium

by mhartl 18y ago

I hope Pandora realizes how much people love them. It would be such a tragedy if they died. I'm sure they've considered it, but it seems to me that a freemium model would work much better than their current ad-supported service: something like a few free hours of music a day, and unlimited music for $10/month. I for one would be happy to pony up the cash---especially if it meant that Pandora would survive.

chez17 18y ago
I agree. Pandora has literally changed my life. I am a musician as well as a coder, but I have recently fell in love with jazz fusion. Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Tribel Tech, etc... but I don't have a friend who is really in to jazz that would be my portal into this world. With Pandora I can just type in "Billy Cobham" and have a whole new world of music that I want to hear come right to me. This has increased my practising both in time and quality. I just has opened a ton of doors to me. I would happily support them because their service is that good. What is sad is that because their service is that good, the radio lobby in America is after it, big time. They hate losing any control they have over the current state of music and Pandora is a "threat" to them. If it's 10, 20 or 50 years, soon wireless will be everywhere and there will be no need for them. They know this and they will fight it. Hopefully we can win this one.
- aswanson 18y ago
  but I have recently fell in love with jazz fusion. Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Tribel Tech, etc... Amen. Pandora...machine learning gone right.
imp 18y ago
Same here. I don't spend any money on music and I'd gladly pay $10/month for pandora. I'd also tolerate audio advertisements. Not sure why they haven't at least tried increasing the level of advertising.
- petercooper 18y ago
  Audio advertisements perform poorly for general and online services. Audio is, however, excellent for local advertising.. but they'd need to build quite a bit of infrastructure and do a lot of marketing to make that viable.
fallentimes 18y ago
Does anyone know if they accept donations? I'd be more than happy to pay immediately. I loooove Pandora; I listen to it everyday. I can't think of a website I use more other than Pandora save maybe google/gmail.
cconstantine 18y ago
You can already pay for a premium service. It's $36/year, removes all advertisements and increases the "timeout interval" (how frequently you have to interact with it before it pauses) from 1 hour to 5. I love the service; listen to it everyday at work.

by mhartl 18y ago

chez17 18y ago

I agree. Pandora has literally changed my life. I am a musician as well as a coder, but I have recently fell in love with jazz fusion. Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Tribel Tech, etc... but I don't have a friend who is really in to jazz that would be my portal into this world. With Pandora I can just type in "Billy Cobham" and have a whole new world of music that I want to hear come right to me. This has increased my practising both in time and quality. I just has opened a ton of doors to me. I would happily support them because their service is that good. What is sad is that because their service is that good, the radio lobby in America is after it, big time. They hate losing any control they have over the current state of music and Pandora is a "threat" to them. If it's 10, 20 or 50 years, soon wireless will be everywhere and there will be no need for them. They know this and they will fight it. Hopefully we can win this one.

aswanson 18y ago
but I have recently fell in love with jazz fusion. Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Tribel Tech, etc... Amen. Pandora...machine learning gone right.

imp 18y ago

Same here. I don't spend any money on music and I'd gladly pay $10/month for pandora. I'd also tolerate audio advertisements. Not sure why they haven't at least tried increasing the level of advertising.

petercooper 18y ago
Audio advertisements perform poorly for general and online services. Audio is, however, excellent for local advertising.. but they'd need to build quite a bit of infrastructure and do a lot of marketing to make that viable.

fallentimes 18y ago

Does anyone know if they accept donations? I'd be more than happy to pay immediately. I loooove Pandora; I listen to it everyday. I can't think of a website I use more other than Pandora save maybe google/gmail.

cconstantine 18y ago

You can already pay for a premium service. It's $36/year, removes all advertisements and increases the "timeout interval" (how frequently you have to interact with it before it pauses) from 1 hour to 5. I love the service; listen to it everyday at work.